blood orange

noun

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

Examples of blood orange in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The next drink is a blood orange beer, which comes out a dark maroon. Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2024 The Marlette Sunrise, a blood orange blonde, and the Fog Nozzle hazy IPA are the two flagships, both delicious but in very different ways. Nora Heston Tarte, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024 The frozen one, churning away in a slushie machine behind the bar, blends a crisp, floral sake with blood orange, Aperol-adjacent Cappelletti Aperitivo and koji (the Japanese fermentation starter) for a savory-nutty hint of mystery. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024 It’s composed of a whole head of radicchio that’s been deconstructed, coated with a black garlic and almond cream as well as a lemony vinaigrette, then reassembled with chunks of blood orange hidden between the leaves (the full recipe is here). Gisela Williams, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for blood orange 

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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 6 Jun. 2024.

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