navel orange

navel orange

n. A sweet orange that is usually seedless and has at its apex a navellike formation enclosing a small secondary fruit.

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

na′vel or`ange

n. a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit. [1885–90]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

navel orange - seedless orange enclosing a small secondary fruit at the apexsweet orange - orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin

Translations

variet... d'arancia