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Definition of Orange

1. Noun. Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees.

2. Adjective. Of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange.

3. Noun. Orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow.

4. Noun. Any citrus tree bearing oranges.

5. Noun. Any pigment producing the orange color.

6. Noun. A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean.

Definition of Orange

1. n. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe.

2. a. Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.

Definition of Orange

1. Proper noun. A town in France. ¹

2. Proper noun. The name of the Dutch Royal House. ¹

3. Proper noun. Prince or Princess of Orange. Title of the first-born to the Dutch Royal House. ¹

4. Adjective. Relating to the Orange Order. ¹

5. Noun. An evergreen tree of the genus ''Citrus'' such as ''Citrus aurantium''. ¹

6. Noun. The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour. ¹

7. Noun. The colour of a ripe orange (the fruit); a color midway between red and yellow. ¹

8. Adjective. Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To color orange. ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive) To become orange. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orange

1. a citrus fruit [n -S]

Medical Definition of Orange

1. 1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (Citrus Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe. There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the horned orange, in which the carpels are partly separated. 2. The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree. 3. The colour of an orange; reddish yellow. 4. Mock orange, any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale (Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale (Mytilaspis Gloveri), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii). Origin: F.; cf. It. Arancia, arancio, LL. Arangia, Sp. Naranjia, Pg. Laranja; all fr. Ar. Naranj, Per. Naranj, narang; cf. Skr. Naranga orange tree. The o- in F. Orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. Aurum, because the orange resembles gold in colour. (06 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orange

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Literary usage of Orange

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"The orange form m. 157-8°; the yellow form becomes orange in a few min. at ... Exposed i week to Br vapors, both the orange and yellow forms yield the same ..."

2. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages by Hastings Rashdall, Pedro Beltrán, Solomon Northup, Robin George Collingwood (1895)
"Origin of A Studium of Law and Grammar existed at orange from Studium. the second half of the thirteenth century. In 1268 we find an agreement between the ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"This very marked orange seems to constitute a botanical variety distinct from the ... The Satsuma orange is one of the hardiest of all edible citrous frs. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The Hottentots call the orange the Garib (great water), corrupted by the Dutch into ... The first scientific expedition to reach the orange was that under ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1912)
"yellow at 90 degrees; (2) orange follows a similar course; (3) orange-yellow is fairly constant, showing a slight shift, in some cases, toward orange (with ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"HJ Webber spoke on ' Polyembryony in orange Hybrids,' calling attention to the ... Of the numerous embryos produced in a single orange seed, one apparently ..."

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