orange: meaning and definitions

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What is orange?

What is orange?

  • Any of several southeast Asian evergreen trees of the genus Citrus, widely cultivated in warm regions and having fragrant white flowers and round fruit with a yellowish or reddish rind and a sectioned, pulpy interior, especially C. sinensis, the sweet orange, and C. aurantium, the Seville or sour orange.
  • The fruit of any of these trees, having a sweetish, acidic juice.
  • Any of several similar plants, such as the Osage orange and the mock orange.
  • The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between red and yellow, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 590 to 630 nanometers; any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue, of medium lightness and moderate saturation.
  • Of the color orange.
  • Made from oranges.
  • Tasting or smelling like oranges.

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