blood orange

noun

: a cultivated sweet orange having fruit with usually red pulp
also : its fruit

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Dice bell peppers, peel and slice blood oranges, and set aside until ready to serve. Jessica Fields, Essence, 28 Feb. 2025 Among the key notes from the original fragrance, jasmine, blood orange, golden amber, red peony, vanilla musk and cedarwood oil all feature in the layers of the perfume. Julia Teti, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025 On the nose, find an enticing bouquet of mint, cinnamon, anise and brown sugar, followed by a palate that balances notes of ginger, tobacco and blood orange with a long, dramatic finish of allspice, herbs, tobacco and oak. Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024 My favorite flavor is cranberry sage, which has an herbaceous taste, but the rest (lemon lavender, blood orange cardamom, grapefruit rosemary) are just as fun. Karen Yuan, Bon Appétit, 1 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood orange

Word History

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blood orange was in 1806

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“Blood orange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20orange. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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