Seville orange

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Seville orange

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From Seville + orange.

noun Seville oranges

The bitter orange: a tree and fruit of the species Citrus aurantium. DON PEDRO. Why, how now, count! wherefore are you sad? CLAUDIO. Not sad, my lord. DON PEDRO. How then? Sick? CLAUDIO. Neither, my lord. BEATRICE. The count is neither sad, nor sick, nor merry, nor well; but civil count, civil as an orange, and something of that jealous complexion.
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@misc{seville_orange_2026,
  title = {Seville orange},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seville%20orange},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}