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Webster 1913 Edition
Marmalade
Mar′ma-lade
(mär′mȧ-lād)
, Noun.
[F.
marmelade
, Pg. marmelada
, fr. marmélo
a quince, fr. L. melimelum
honey apple, Gr. μελίμηλον
a sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; μέλι
honey + μῆλον
apple. Cf. Mellifluous
, Melon
.] A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistency.
Marmalade tree
(Bot.)
, a sapotaceous tree (
Lucuma mammosa
) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single large seed. The fruit is called marmalade
, or natural marmalade, from its consistency and flavor. Webster 1828 Edition
Marmalade
M`ARMALADE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
marmalade
marmalade
English
Noun
marmalade (plural marmalades)
- Citrus fruit variant of jam but distinguished by being made slightly bitter by the addition of the peel and by partial caramelisation during manufacture. Most commonly made with Seville oranges, and usually qualified by the name of the fruit when made with other types of fruit.
- lime marmalade
- thick cut marmalade
Derived terms
Translations
jam
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Verb
marmalade (third-person singular simple present marmalades, present participle marmalading, simple past and past participle marmaladed)
Derived terms
- marmalader
- marmalading