Definition of Orage
Or"ange (?), n. [F.; cf. It.
arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp.
naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. nāranj,
Per. nāranj, nārang; cf. Skr.
nāranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange
is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum, because the
orange resembles gold in color.]
1. The fruit of a tree of the genus
Citrus (C. Aurantium). It is usually round, and
consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a
leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when
ripe.
&fist; There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the bitter
orange, which is supposed to be the original stock; the navel
orange, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the
top of the fruit; the blood orange, with a reddish juice; and
the horned orange, in which the carpels are partly
separated.
2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges;
the orange tree.
3. The color of an orange; reddish
yellow.
Mandarin orange. See Mandarin. -
- Mock orange (Bot.), any species of
shrubs of the genus Philadelphus, which have whitish and often
fragrant blossoms. -- Native orange, or
Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian shrub
(Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow
berries. -- Orange bird (Zoöl.),
a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena); -- so called from its
bright orange breast. -- Orange cowry
(Zoöl.), a large, handsome cowry (Cypræa
aurantia), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of
its rarity. -- Orange grass (Bot.),
an inconspicuous annual American plant (Hypericum
Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow flowers. --
Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike
substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil,
which is obtained from the flowers. -- Orange
pekoe, a kind of black tea. -- Orange
pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
-- Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a
shrubby species of nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in
Quito. -- Orange scale (Zoöl.)
any species of scale insects which infests orange trees;
especially, the purple scale (Mytilaspis citricola), the long
scale (M. Gloveri), and the red scale (Aspidiotus
Aurantii).
Or"ange, a. Of or pertaining to an
orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange
ribbon.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus aurantium.
- The fruit of an orange tree.
- The colour of an orange; a reddish-yellow.
Orange colour:
- Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; reddish-yellow.
French
- orange (fruit)
Il pressa lorange afin d'en extraire du jus. - He squeezed the orange in order to extract its juice.
- orange (in colour)
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient oranges. - The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
Swedish
- of the colour orange
- the colour orange
Orange- a French village in Vaucluse (France)
- a city in Australia
- a city in California (US)
- a county in California (US)
- a city in Connecticut (US)
- a city in Massachusetts (US)
- a township in New Jersey (US)
- a county in New York (US)
- a city in Ohio (US)
- a city in Texas (US)
- a city in Virginia (US)
- Orange SA is a telecommunications company.
- The House of Orange-Nassau is the royal house or family of The Netherlands.
- a river in South Africa named in honor of the Dutch royal house
- Orange Free State was a Dutch colony bordering this river, now a part of the Republic of South Africa.
- the République d'Orange is an imaginary micro-nation in South Africa.
German
- orange (fruit)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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