橙だいだい

noun

bitter orange; sour orange; Seville orange

Refers to the tree or fruit of Citrus aurantium. The fruit is too sour to eat raw and is used in marmalade or as a New Year decoration.

• 橙だいだいの木きは庭にわに植うえてあります。

  A bitter orange tree is planted in the garden.

• 正しょう月がつに橙だいだいを飾かざる習しゅう慣かんがあります。

  There is a custom of displaying bitter oranges at New Year's.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

orange (color)

Abbreviation of 橙色 (だいだいいろ). Used as a noun or with の to describe something orange-colored.

See also: 橙色 (だいだいいろ)

• 彼かの女じょは橙だいだいのワンピースを着きていた。

  She was wearing an orange dress.

• 夕ゆう焼やけで空そらが橙だいだいに染そまった。

  The sky turned orange with the sunset.