bigarade

[ big-uh-reyd, bee-guh-rahd; French bee-ga-rad ]

noun,plural bi·ga·rades

[big-uh-reydz, -rahdz; French bee-ga-rad]. /ˌbɪg əˈreɪdz, -ˈrɑdz; French bi gaˈrad/.

a Seville or bitter orange.

adjective

French Cooking. (of a sauce) prepared with bitter oranges: duck bigarade.

Origin of bigarade

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1695–1705; <French: bitter orange <Provençal bigarrado, derivative of bigarrar to variegate; see bigarreau

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How to use bigarade in a sentence

Score the skin, and dish the fillets in a circle with a little bigarade sauce poured over them.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de Salis
The next quality, "neroli bigarade," is derived from the blossoms of the Citrus bigaradia, or Seville orange.
The Art of Perfumery | G. W. Septimus Piesse
Neroli bigarade oil, distilled from the fresh blossoms of the bitter orange, Citrus bigaradia.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture | W. H. Simmons

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