orange

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: orange

1	n	any citrus tree bearing oranges
2	n adj	orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: orange

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; Citrus aurantium, Seville orange, bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, marmalade orange, sour orange
any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock; Citrus bergamia, bergamot, bergamot orange
small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy; Citrus sinensis, sweet orange, sweet orange tree
probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges; Citrus nobilis, king orange, tangor, temple orange, temple orange tree
large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida

Type of:: citrus, citrus tree
any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; temple orange
large sweet easily-peeled Florida fruit with deep orange rind; Seville orange, bitter orange, sour orange
highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade; sweet orange
orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin; Jaffa orange
sweet almost seedless orange of Israel; navel orange
seedless orange enclosing a small secondary fruit at the apex; Valencia orange
variety of sweet orange cultivated extensively in Florida and California

Type of:: citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit
any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions

Types:: reddish orange
an orange color closer to red than to yellow; tangerine
a reddish to vivid orange color

Type of:: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
a color that has hue

Type of:: pigment
dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

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