orange — meaning in English
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English meaning
- orange noun A round citrus fruit with a sweet-tart taste and a thick, textured peel that turns yellow-orange when ripe; also the tree it grows on.
Senses
orange is used for these senses in English:
- Orange A city in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
- Orange Free State (historical) A former province of South Africa, existing 1910–1994, now the province of Free State.
- orange Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
- orange (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
- orange (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
orange — full definition
- noun A round citrus fruit with a sweet-tart taste and a thick, textured peel that turns yellow-orange when ripe; also the tree it grows on.
- noun The reddish-yellow color of the ripe fruit, midway between red and yellow.
- adjective Having the color orange.
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