How to Use navel orange in a Sentence
navel orange
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Just like their cousin the navel orange, cara caras are seedless, too.
—Casey Barber, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
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Cut the blood oranges and navel orange crosswise into 1/4-inch slices and place in a low bowl.
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 Feb. 2018
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As soon as Gilly unlatched the door, the bird flew out and settled in the fruit bowl, gripping an enormous navel orange.
—Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
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Eliza Tibbets started the first two seedling navel orange trees.
—Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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Just sauté steak and top it with a mix of navel orange slices and alcaparrado—a blend of olives, pimientos and capers.
—Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 18 June 2014
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Despite the ruby red interior, the blood orange tastes just like a navel orange.
—Heloise, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
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Cut 1 large navel orange into thin slices (remove ends) and stuff into cavity, along with 6 or 8 thyme sprigs.
—Susan Nicholson, ajc, 15 Sep. 2017
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There always seemed to be something sweet (a piece of maple candy or bar of chocolate), a fist-sized navel orange and, tucked into the toe of the stocking as the last item to be revealed, a tiny, memorable gift.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
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Blood oranges are the less acidic citric cousin to navel oranges, meaning its tart, berry-like overtones accentuate our IPA in an amazing way.
—Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2018
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An ode to Philly’s trendiest mascot, the Gritty Slush features four fruit juices (lemon, lime, blood orange, and navel orange), vodka, Aperol, and a thyme simple syrup.
—Grace Dickinson, https://www.inquirer.com, 6 June 2019
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Jac Ciardella sat at his kitchen table in New Jersey and inserted a syringe into a navel orange.
—Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 15 June 2020
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Bernard grows mostly citrus with his wife, Vicki, in Riverside, where a pair of navel orange trees planted in 1871 marked the beginning of the area’s storied citrus industry.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
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Valencia oranges, the world’s most popular orange, have twice as much juice as navel oranges, the king of California citrus.
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 Feb. 2018
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Some of the trees and plants envisioned for the forest include navel orange, Persian lime, peach, apple, pear, plum, blueberry, fig and pomegranate varieties.
—Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 23 May 2018
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Bloomsweet grapefruit and navel oranges are only slightly less cold tolerant.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 9 Jan. 2020
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For varieties that ripen in winter such as navel oranges, do a final harvest to remove lingering fruit from the tree; for varieties that ripen year-round, such as Meyer lemons, clear out the oldest fruit to allow for new growth.
—Thad Orr, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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In particular, king-sized navel oranges look and taste spectacular.
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 Feb. 2018
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Unlike the navel orange, the blood orange is available only in December through May. The blood orange is an excellent source of fiber and vitamin C, and contains small doses of protein and potassium.
—Heloise, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
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Carcara takes its name from Cara Cara, a red-fleshed navel orange variety that farmers typically harvest early to mid-December in southern Arizona.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2021
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