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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.
[L. melo, mel.] The pulp of quinces boiled into a consistence with sugar, or a confection of plums, apricots, quinces, &c. boiled with sugar. In Scotland, it is made of Seville oranges and sugar only.

Definition 2024


marmalade

marmalade

English

Noun

marmalade (plural marmalades)

  1. 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

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Verb

marmalade (third-person singular simple present marmalades, present participle marmalading, simple past and past participle marmaladed)

  1. (transitive) To spread marmalade on.

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