[syn: orange, orangish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Orange \Or"ange\ ([o^]r"[e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia,
arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar.
n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga
orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or
gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]
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1. 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.
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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.
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2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
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3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
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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 (Zool.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena);
-- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zool.), a large, handsome cowry (Cypraea
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 (Zool.) 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).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
orange \or"ange\, a.
Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange;
reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
orange
adj 1: of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color
of a ripe orange [syn: orange, orangish]
n 1: round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
2: orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red
and yellow [syn: orange, orangeness]
3: any citrus tree bearing oranges [syn: orange, orange
tree]
4: any pigment producing the orange color
5: a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the
Atlantic Ocean [syn: Orange, Orange River]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "orange":
Catawba, Persian melon, Valencia orange, akee, alligator pear,
ananas, apple, apricot, avocado, banana, bearberry, berry,
bilberry, blackberry, cacao, candleberry, canistel, cantaloupe,
capulin, casaba, checkerberry, cherimoya, cherry, citrange, citron,
citrus, citrus fruit, civet fruit, crab apple, cranberry, currant,
custard apple, damson, date, dewberry, elderberry, feijoa, fig,
gooseberry, grape, grapefruit, guanabana, guava, honeydew,
huckleberry, icaco, ilama, imbu, jaboticaba, jackfruit, jujube,
kumquat, lemon, lime, lingonberry, litchi, loganberry, loquat,
mammee apple, mandarin orange, mango, mangosteen, manzanilla,
marang, mayapple, medlar, melon, mulberry, muscadine, muscat,
muscatel, muskmelon, navel orange, nectarine, nutmeg melon, olive,
papaw, papaya, passion fruit, peach, pear, persimmon, pineapple,
pippin, plantain, plum, plumcot, pomegranate, prune, quince,
raisin, rambutan, raspberry, red currant, strawberry, sugar apple,
sugarplum, sweetsop, tangelo, tangerine, ugli fruit
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Orange -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 19306
Housing Units (2000): 8348
Land area (2000): 399.521148 sq. miles (1034.754978 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 8.680658 sq. miles (22.482801 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 408.201806 sq. miles (1057.237779 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.561967 N, 86.517884 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, IN
Orange County
Orange County, IN
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Orange -- U.S. County in North Carolina
Population (2000): 118227
Housing Units (2000): 49289
Land area (2000): 399.837927 sq. miles (1035.575434 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.374545 sq. miles (3.560056 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 401.212472 sq. miles (1039.135490 sq. km)
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 36.011889 N, 79.097018 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, NC
Orange County
Orange County, NC
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Orange -- U.S. County in New York
Population (2000): 341367
Housing Units (2000): 122754
Land area (2000): 816.337641 sq. miles (2114.304694 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 22.208142 sq. miles (57.518822 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 838.545783 sq. miles (2171.823516 sq. km)
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 41.406117 N, 74.279480 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, NY
Orange County
Orange County, NY
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Orange -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 84966
Housing Units (2000): 34781
Land area (2000): 356.403745 sq. miles (923.081422 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 23.135833 sq. miles (59.921529 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 379.539578 sq. miles (983.002951 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.114604 N, 93.842055 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, TX
Orange County
Orange County, TX
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Orange -- U.S. County in Vermont
Population (2000): 28226
Housing Units (2000): 13386
Land area (2000): 688.557552 sq. miles (1783.355796 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.182089 sq. miles (8.241572 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 691.739641 sq. miles (1791.597368 sq. km)
Located within: Vermont (VT), FIPS 50
Location: 43.995815 N, 72.374886 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, VT
Orange County
Orange County, VT
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Orange -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 25881
Housing Units (2000): 11354
Land area (2000): 341.703767 sq. miles (885.008655 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.703793 sq. miles (4.412804 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 343.407560 sq. miles (889.421459 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.241950 N, 78.052767 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, VA
Orange County
Orange County, VA
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Orange -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000): 896344
Housing Units (2000): 361349
Land area (2000): 907.449436 sq. miles (2350.283150 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 96.739535 sq. miles (250.554236 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1004.188971 sq. miles (2600.837386 sq. km)
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.547129 N, 81.404159 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, FL
Orange County
Orange County, FL
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Orange -- U.S. County in California
Population (2000): 2846289
Housing Units (2000): 969484
Land area (2000): 789.404295 sq. miles (2044.547652 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 158.572057 sq. miles (410.699725 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 947.976352 sq. miles (2455.247377 sq. km)
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.731518 N, 117.861663 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, CA
Orange County
Orange County, CA
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Orange, NJ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Jersey
Population (2000): 32868
Housing Units (2000): 12665
Land area (2000): 2.205364 sq. miles (5.711866 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002154 sq. miles (0.005579 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.207518 sq. miles (5.717445 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55020
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 40.768300 N, 74.236031 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 07050
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, NJ
Orange
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Orange, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 128821
Housing Units (2000): 41904
Land area (2000): 23.394909 sq. miles (60.592534 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.505592 sq. miles (1.309478 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 23.900501 sq. miles (61.902012 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53980
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.802945 N, 117.832506 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 92665 92666 92668 92669
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, CA
Orange
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Orange, CT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Connecticut
Population (2000): 13233
Housing Units (2000): 4870
Land area (2000): 17.185400 sq. miles (44.509981 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.243378 sq. miles (0.630345 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 17.428778 sq. miles (45.140326 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57670
Located within: Connecticut (CT), FIPS 09
Location: 41.279547 N, 73.025416 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 06477
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, CT
Orange
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Orange, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 3236
Housing Units (2000): 1236
Land area (2000): 3.800982 sq. miles (9.844497 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.800982 sq. miles (9.844497 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58604
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.445454 N, 81.475182 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, OH
Orange
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Orange, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 18643
Housing Units (2000): 8364
Land area (2000): 20.078322 sq. miles (52.002614 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.686873 sq. miles (1.778993 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 20.765195 sq. miles (53.781607 sq. km)
FIPS code: 54132
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.109217 N, 93.759133 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, TX
Orange
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Orange, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
Population (2000): 3945
Housing Units (2000): 1663
Land area (2000): 6.001500 sq. miles (15.543814 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.013115 sq. miles (0.033968 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.014615 sq. miles (15.577782 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51230
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 42.587796 N, 72.308163 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, MA
Orange
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Orange, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
Population (2000): 4123
Housing Units (2000): 1712
Land area (2000): 3.236090 sq. miles (8.381433 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008480 sq. miles (0.021962 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.244570 sq. miles (8.403395 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59496
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.245894 N, 78.109786 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, VA
Orange