marmalade
- a jellylike preserve in which small pieces of fruit and fruit rind, as of oranges or lemons, are suspended.
Origin of marmalade
Related Words for marmalade
jelly, gelatin, marmalade, sweet, spread, jam, extract, conserve, jell, confiture, pectinExamples from the Web for marmalade
Historical Examples of marmalade
They require a great deal of stewing, and should be like a marmalade when done.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
It will make a sort of marmalade, that is very good for colds.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
You may make a charlotte with any sort of jam, marmalade, or fruit jelly.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
Or you may fill the cavities with raspberry jam, or with any sort of marmalade.
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Then fill up the cavity with marmalade, or with lemon and sugar.
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marmalade
- a preserve made by boiling the pulp and rind of citrus fruits, esp oranges, with sugar
- (of cats) streaked orange or yellow and brown
Word Origin for marmalade
Word Origin and History for marmalade
late 15c., from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada "quince jelly, marmalade," from marmelo "quince," by dissimilation from Latin melimelum "sweet apple," originally "fruit of an apple tree grafted onto quince," from Greek melimelon, from meli "honey" (see Melissa) + melon "apple" (see malic). Extended 17c. to "preserve made from citrus fruit."