Laraha, the Glossary
Laraha (Citrus × aurantium subsp. currassuviencis), or Curaçao orange (Citrus aurantium var. currassuviencis), is the name of a citrus tree that grows on the island of Curaçao, and also the fruit of this tree.[1]
Table of Contents
11 relations: Bitter orange, Caribbean, Citrus, Curaçao, Curaçao (liqueur), Evolution, Fruit, Orange (fruit), Portuguese language, Spain, Taste.
- Flora of Curaçao
Bitter orange
Bitter orange, sour orange, Seville orange, bigarade orange, or marmalade orange is in a narrow sense the citrus tree Citrus × aurantium and its fruit.
Caribbean
The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.
Citrus
Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae.
Curaçao
Curaçao (or, or, Papiamentu), officially the Country of Curaçao (Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of Venezuela.
Curaçao (liqueur)
Curaçao is a liqueur flavored with the dried peel of the bitter orange variety laraha, a citrus fruit grown on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.
See Laraha and Curaçao (liqueur)
Evolution
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy).
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Orange (fruit)
An orange, also called sweet orange when it is desired to distinguish it from the bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae.
Portuguese language
Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
See Laraha and Portuguese language
Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
See Laraha and Spain
Taste
The gustatory system or sense of taste is the sensory system that is partially responsible for the perception of taste (flavor).
See Laraha and Taste
See also
Flora of Curaçao
- Laraha
- Xylosma flexuosa
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laraha
Also known as Curaçao orange.