orange Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
  2. noun orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow
    orangeness.
  3. noun any citrus tree bearing oranges
    orange tree.
  4. noun any pigment producing the orange color
  5. noun a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
    Orange River.
  6. adjective satellite of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange
    orangish.

WordNet

Or"ange noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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. ✍ 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.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
  3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
Or"ange adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.

Webster 1913