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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Ben Mims’s brilliant new recipe uses a combination of navel oranges and lemons to mimic the specific bittersweetness of Sevilles, and the result is just the right balance of tangy, sour and sweet.
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Mia Leimkuhler, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The average cost per pound for navel oranges is $1.53 nationwide.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
The first is Eliza Tibbets who planted a Washington navel orange in Riverside in 1873.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2025
Special at the Red Owl Store 50 years ago: navel oranges, 35-cents a dozen; Post Toasties, 12-cents a box; Dove soap, 23-cents; celery, 20-cents; Jeurgen’s Toilet Soap, 4 bars for 19-cents; a ring of bologna, 25-cents a pound.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Mia Leimkuhler, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The average cost per pound for navel oranges is $1.53 nationwide.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
The first is Eliza Tibbets who planted a Washington navel orange in Riverside in 1873.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2025
Special at the Red Owl Store 50 years ago: navel oranges, 35-cents a dozen; Post Toasties, 12-cents a box; Dove soap, 23-cents; celery, 20-cents; Jeurgen’s Toilet Soap, 4 bars for 19-cents; a ring of bologna, 25-cents a pound.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Navel orange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/navel%20orange. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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