orange
orange (ôr′inj, är′-)
noun
- a reddish-yellow, round, edible citrus fruit, with a sweet, juicy pulp
- any of various evergreen trees (genus Citrus) of the rue family producing this fruit, having white, fragrant blossoms and hard, yellow wood
- any of several plants or fruits resembling the orange
- reddish yellow
Etymology: OFr orenge < Prov auranja (with sp. infl. by L aurum, gold, & loss of initial n through faulty separation of art. un) < Sp naranja < Ar nāranj < Pers nārang < Sans naranga, prob. akin to Tamil naṛu, fragrant
adjective
- reddish-yellow
- made with or from an orange or oranges
- having a flavor like that of oranges
Orange (ôr′inj, är′-)
noun
adjective
Orange (ôr′inj, är′-; also, for 3 & 4, Fr ō̂ ränz̸h′)
Etymology: prob. named for the orange groves there
city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 129,000- river in South Africa, flowing from NE Lesotho west into the Atlantic: c. 1,300 mi (2,092 km)
- former principality of W Europe (12th-17th cent.), now in SE France
- city in SE France: pop. 26,000
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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