navel orange
noun
: a seedless orange having a pit at the apex where the fruit encloses a small secondary fruit
called also navel
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Now is the time that navel oranges and their varieties — Robertson and Cara Cara prominent among them — begin to ripen and will do so over the next four months.
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2024
Harvest citrus now, including limes, kumquats, mandarins, grapefruits, lemons, tangelos and navel oranges.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
Trim off the top and bottom of a whole navel orange, then cut into wedges.
—Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Take this citrus salad first course, which spotlights the sweet navel oranges, Cara Cara oranges, ruby red grapefruit and mandarins arriving at the market right now.
—David Tanis, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2024
Harvest citrus now, including limes, kumquats, mandarins, grapefruits, lemons, tangelos and navel oranges.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
Trim off the top and bottom of a whole navel orange, then cut into wedges.
—Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Take this citrus salad first course, which spotlights the sweet navel oranges, Cara Cara oranges, ruby red grapefruit and mandarins arriving at the market right now.
—David Tanis, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Navel orange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/navel%20orange. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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