Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The dalandan is a fruit. The dalandan is also commonly named the sour orange to differentiate the fruit from other species. The dalandan grows on the Citrus nobilis , as the fruit is described as a hybrid between the Pomelo and the Mandarin orange .
The bitter orange, sour orange, Seville orange, bigarade orange, or marmalade orange is the hybrid citrus tree species Citrus × aurantium, and its fruit.It is native to Southeast Asia and has been spread by humans to many parts of the world.
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
Calamansi (Citrus × microcarpa), [2] also known as calamondin, [3] Philippine lime, [4] or Philippine lemon, [5] is a citrus hybrid cultivated predominantly in the Philippines.It is native to the Philippines, parts of Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, and Sulawesi), Malaysia, and Brunei, as well as parts of southern China and Taiwan.
Orange—whole, halved, and peeled segment. The orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae.
The orange blossom, which is the state flower of Florida, [2] is highly fragrant and traditionally associated with good fortune. It has long been popular in bridal bouquets and head wreaths.
Meaning: a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the root word; in this case, meaning "without" or "-less". This is usually used to describe organisms without a certain characteristic, as well as organisms in which that characteristic may not be immediately obvious.
homonym: names spelled identically, but, in some codes, names spelled similarly, as defined by the code senior homonym (zoology): the first legitimate use of the name which generally takes priority; junior homonym (zoology), later homonym (botany): a later and generally illegitimate use, though in some circumstances the later name is allowed to ...