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| or·ange [ áwrənj ] (plural or·ang·es) |
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1. citrus fruit: a round or oval citrus fruit with thick orange skin and juicy segmented flesh. As well as being eaten fresh, it is often squeezed for its juice.
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often used before a noun
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2. tree yielding juicy fruit: an evergreen tree with glossy leaves that bears oranges. Flowers: white, fragrant. Native to: Southeast Asia. Genus Citrus.
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3. color: the bright color of the skin of an orange, a mixture of red and yellow
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4. industry
Same as orangewood
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5. tree with fruits similar to orange: a tree or bush that produces flowers or fruits similar to a true orange tree, e.g. mock orange or Osage orange
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6. butterfly that is orange: a butterfly that is predominantly orange, e.g. a sulphur butterfly. Family Pieridae.
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7. pigment mixing yellow and red: a pigment or dye that is a mixture of red and yellow
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8. material of color orange: fabric or clothing that is orange in color
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9. orange-colored object: something that is colored orange
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| [13th century. < Old French pomme d'orenge< Italian melarancia "orange fruit," via Arabic nāranj and Persian nārang< Sanskrit nāraṅgaḥ] |
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  or·ange adjective |
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