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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024or•ange /ˈɔrɪndʒ, ˈɑr-/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] a rounded, reddish yellow, bitter or sweet citrus fruit that can be eaten.
- Plant Biology[countable] a white-flowered evergreen tree carrying such fruit.
- Physics[uncountable] a reddish yellow color.
adj. - of, relating to, or containing the orange or its juice or flavor:[before a noun]orange sherbet.
- of the color orange.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Fort′ Or′ange, - American Historya former Dutch fort on the site of Albany, N.Y.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024or•ange (ôr′inj, or′-),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- Plant Biologyany white-flowered, evergreen citrus trees of the genus Citrus, bearing this fruit, as C. aurantium (bitter orange, Seville orange, or sour orange) and C. sinensis (sweet orange,) cultivated in warm countries.
- Plant Biologyany of several other citrus trees, as the trifoliate orange.
- Plant Biologyany of several trees or fruits resembling an orange.
- Physicsa color between yellow and red in the spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 590 and 610 nm;
reddish yellow. - [Art.]a secondary color that has been formed by the mixture of red and yellow pigments.
adj. - of or pertaining to the orange.
- made or prepared with oranges or orangelike flavoring:orange sherbet.
- of the color orange;
reddish-yellow.
- Sanskrit nāraṅga
- Persian nārang
- Arabic nāranj
- Old French orenge, cognate with Spanish naranja
- Middle English: the fruit or tree 1300–50
Or•ange (ôr′inj, or′-; Fr. ô ränzh′ for 3, 6),USA pronunciation n. - World Historya member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- Place Namesa river in the Republic of South Africa, flowing W from Lesotho to the Atlantic. 1300 mi. (2095 km) long.
- Place Namesa former small principality of W Europe: now in the SE part of France.
- Place Namesa city in SW California, near Los Angeles. 91,788.
- Place Namesa city in NE New Jersey, near Newark. 31,136.
- Place Namesa town in SE France, near Avignon: Roman ruins. 26,468.
- Place Namesa city in SE Texas. 23,628.
- Place Namesa town in S Connecticut. 13,237.
- Place Names, American History Fort. See Fort Orange.
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