Orange /(ŏr"ĕnj)/
Or·ange
Orange
n.
- 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.
- The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree. (Bot.)
- The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
Phrases & Compounds
- Mandarin orange
- See Mandarin.
- Mock orange
- any species of shrubs of the genus Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms.
- Native orange
- an Australian shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow berries.
- Orange bird
- a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast.
- Orange cowry
- a large, handsome cowry (Cypraea aurantia), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity.
- Orange grass
- an inconspicuous annual American plant (Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow flowers.
- Orange oil
- an oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers.
- Orange pekoe
- a kind of black tea.
- Orange pippin
- an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
- Quito orange
- the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
- Orange scale
- 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).
orange
a.
- Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.