marmalade

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a preserve made from citrus fruit, especially oranges

   He spread orange marmalade thickly on his toast.

From Portuguese marmelada ('quince jam'), from marmelo ('quince'), from Latin melimēlum, from Ancient Greek melímēlon ('sweet apple'), a graft of apple on quince, from méli ('honey') + mêlon ('apple'). Originally a quince preserve.

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