orange
/ˈoɹənd͡ʒ/ noun A1- An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
- Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
- Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.
- The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
- Various drinks
- An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
- An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.
- Orange juice.
Plural oranges
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“And have they all tasted of a slightly bitter flavor, like that of dried orange-peel?”
She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labelled “ORANGE MARMALADE”, but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.
After Charles I., Cromwell; after Cromwell, Charles II., and then James II., and then some son-in-law or relation, some Prince of Orange, a stadtholder who becomes a king.
Near the foot of the bed stood a dish of oranges and a carafe of water.
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