bigarade

bi·ga·rade  (bgä-räd)

n.

1. See sour orange.

2. A rich sauce served with duck, consisting of thickened stock flavored with the rind of bitter oranges, lemon juice, and sugar.

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[French, from Provençal bigarrado, from past participle of bigarrar, to variegate, from Old French bigarrer : bi-, two (from Latin; see bi-¹) + garrer, to variegate (from garre, of two colors).]

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Noun

1.

bigarade - any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock bitter orange, bitter orange tree, Citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, Seville orange, sour orange bitter orange, Seville orange, sour orange - highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade genus Citrus - orange; lemon; lime; etc. orange tree, orange - any citrus tree bearing oranges