ORANGES

Noun

oranges

plural of orange

Verb

oranges

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orange

Anagrams

• Goreans, Ragones, groanes, onagers, rangoes

Source: Wiktionary

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ORANGE

Or"ange, n. Etym: [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. naranj, Per. naranj, narang; cf. Skr. naranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]

1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. 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.

Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the horned orange, in which the carpels are partly separated.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.

3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow. Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.

– Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms.

– Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow berries.

– Orange bird (Zoöl.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast.

– Orange cowry (Zoöl.), a large, handsome cowry (Cypræa aurantia), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity.

– Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant (Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow flowers.

– Orange oil (Chem.), 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 (Zoöl.) any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale (Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale (M. Gloveri), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii).

Or"ange, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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