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   Or·ange

   /ˈôr(ə)nj/

   

   noun

   • 1. a round juicy citrus fruit with a tough bright reddish-yellow rind: "eat plenty of oranges"
   • ▪ a drink made from or flavored with orange: British "a vodka and orange"
   • 2. the leathery-leaved evergreen tree that bears the orange, native to warm regions of South and Southeast Asia. Oranges are a major commercial crop in many warm regions of the world.
   • ▪ used in names of other plants with fruit or flowers similar to the orange, e.g., mock orange.
   • 3. a bright reddish-yellow color like that of the skin of a ripe orange: "tones of golden brown and orange"

   adjective

   • 1. reddish yellow: "there was an orange glow in the sky"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French orenge (in the phrase pomme d'orenge), based on Arabic nāranj, from Persian nārang.

   Derivatives

   • 1. orangey adjective
   • 2. orangish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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