or|ange

or|ange «AWR ihnj, OR-», noun, adjective.

–n.

1. a round, reddish-yellow, juicy citrus fruit that is good to eat. Oranges grow in warm climates. The pulp is sweetish or slightly acid and is enclosed in a soft rind.

2. the tree it grows on. The orange is an evergreen which belongs to the rue family and has fragrant white blossoms and oval or elliptical leaves. Its blossom is the floral emblem of Florida.

3. a fruit or tree that suggests an orange, such as the Osage orange and a hardy Japanese tree grown chiefly for hedges in the United States.

4. a reddish yellow.

–adj.

1. of or like an orange: »

a drink with orange flavor.

2. reddish-yellow: »

an orange sky at sunset.

╂[< Old French pomme d'orenge < Spanish naranja < Arabic nāranj < Persian nārang; by influence of Old French or gold, and n lost by misdivision of the article un]

–or´ange|like´, adjective.

Or|ange «AWR ihnj, OR-», noun, adjective.

–n.

a princely family of Europe that ruled the former principality of Orange, in western Europe (now a part of France). William III of England was of this family, and so is the present royal family of the Netherlands.

–adj.

of or having to do with Orangemen or Orangeism.