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蜜柑 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • orange noun A round citrus fruit with a sweet-tart taste and a thick, textured peel that turns yellow-orange when ripe; also the tree it grows on.
  • satsuma noun A small, sweet, seedless citrus fruit related to the mandarin orange, easy to peel by hand.

Senses

蜜柑 is used for these senses in English:

  • orange (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
  • orange (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
  • satsuma A seedless and easy-peeling cultivar of mandarin orange of Japanese origin; Citrus unshiu.

orange — full definition

  1. noun A round citrus fruit with a sweet-tart taste and a thick, textured peel that turns yellow-orange when ripe; also the tree it grows on.
  2. noun The reddish-yellow color of the ripe fruit, midway between red and yellow.
  3. adjective Having the color orange.

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