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noun
- An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus aurantium.
- The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
- (colour) The colour of a ripe orange (the fruit); a reddish-yellow.
- Orange colour: <span style="background:orange"> </span>
adjective
- (colour) Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; reddish-yellow.
Etymology: From (term, orenge), from (term, arancia), from (term, narancia), from (term, naranja), from (Arab.) (term, sc=ARchar, ÙÙ, tr=nÄranj), from (Pers.) (term, sc=FAchar, ÙÙÚ, tr=nÄrang), from (Skr.) (term, , sc=unicode, nÄraágaá, orange tree), of uncertain origin.
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