oranges

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
orange/ˈɒrɪnʤ/

▶noun

• 1 a large round citrus fruit with a tough bright reddish-yellow rind.

  ■ chiefly Brit. a drink made from or flavoured with orange juice.

• 2 the evergreen tree which produces oranges, native to warm regions of south and SE Asia. [Citrus sinensis and related species.]

  ■ used in names of other plants with similar fruit or flowers, e.g. Osage orange.

• 3 a bright reddish-yellow colour.

▶adjective reddish yellow.

– derivatives
orangey (also orangy) adjective,
orangish adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. orenge, based on Arab. nāranj, from Pers. nārang.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Orange/ˈɒrɪn(d)ʒ/

▶adjective relating to Orangemen or their Order.

– derivatives
Orangeism noun.

– origin after the Protestant William of Orange (William III).