A thick, sweet spread made from fruit, especially citrus fruits like oranges, that you eat on bread.
From Portuguese 'marmelada,' derived from 'marmelo' (quince fruit), which comes from Greek 'melimélon' (honey apple). The word traveled from Portugal to England in the 1600s when trade increased.
Marmalade was originally made from quinces in Portugal and was considered a luxury confection so valuable that it was served as medicine and a delicacy to royalty—the spread we eat on toast today is a descendant of a wealthy person's medicinal food.
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