temple orange

Questions about temple orange

What does temple orange mean?

temple orange means "large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for temple orange?

Close synonyms include temple orange tree, tangor, king orange, Citrus nobilis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is temple orange a common word?

temple orange is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.