navel orange
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navel orange
n.
A sweet orange that is usually seedless and has at its apex a navellike formation enclosing a small secondary fruit.
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navel orange
n
(Cookery) a sweet orange that is usually seedless and has at its apex a navel-like depression enclosing an underdeveloped secondary fruit
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na′vel or`ange
n.
a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
[1885–90]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() sweet orange - orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin |
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