A World of Color: Orange

Brush up on this list of words for different shades of orange.

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  1. butterscotch
    a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar
  2. cantaloupe
    muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
  3. carnelian
    a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
  4. carrot
    orange root; important source of carotene
  5. cider
    a beverage made from juice pressed from apples
  6. cinnabar
    of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
  7. ginger
    having a bright orange-brown color
  8. goldfish
    small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
  9. lava
    rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos
  10. mango
    large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
  11. marigold
    any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers
  12. marmalade
    a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits
  13. orange
    orange color or pigment
  14. papaya
    a tropical American tree that produces a yellow, melon-like fruit
  15. persimmon
    orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
  16. pumpkin
    a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
  17. reddish orange
    an orange color closer to red than to yellow
  18. salmon
    of orange tinged with pink
  19. tangelo
    hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange
  20. tangerine
    a reddish to vivid orange color
  21. tiger
    large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
  22. yam
    a type of sweet potato with deep orange flesh
Created on Fri Aug 04 21:29:05 EDT 2023 (updated Mon Oct 02 12:53:37 EDT 2023)

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