| orange | | |
| n. (food) | 1. orange | round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees. |
| ~ orange peel, orange rind | the rind of an orange. |
| ~ citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit | any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions. |
| ~ temple orange | large sweet easily-peeled Florida fruit with deep orange rind. |
| ~ bitter orange, seville orange, sour orange | highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade. |
| ~ sweet orange | orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin. |
| ~ orange tree, orange | any citrus tree bearing oranges. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. orange, orangeness | orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow. |
| ~ chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | a color that has hue. |
| ~ reddish orange | an orange color closer to red than to yellow. |
| n. (plant) | 3. orange, orange tree | any citrus tree bearing oranges. |
| ~ orange | round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees. |
| ~ genus citrus | orange; lemon; lime; etc.. |
| ~ citrus tree, citrus | 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. |
| ~ orangewood | fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork. |
| ~ bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, seville orange, sour orange | any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock. |
| ~ bergamot, bergamot orange, citrus bergamia | small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy. |
| ~ citrus sinensis, sweet orange tree, sweet orange | 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. |
| n. (substance) | 4. orange | any pigment producing the orange color. |
| ~ pigment | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.). |
| n. (object) | 5. orange, orange river | a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| ~ republic of south africa, south africa | a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers). |
| ~ river | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).; "the river was navigable for 50 miles" |
| adj. | 6. orange, orangish | of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange. |
| ~ chromatic | being or having or characterized by hue. |
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