ORANGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Orange mean? 

• ORANGE (noun)
  The noun ORANGE has 5 senses:

1. round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

2. orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow

3. any citrus tree bearing oranges

4. any pigment producing the orange color

5. a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean

  Familiarity information: ORANGE used as a noun is common.

• ORANGE (adjective)
  The adjective ORANGE has 1 sense:

1. of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange

  Familiarity information: ORANGE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORANGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("orange" is a kind of...):

citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit (any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions)

Meronyms (parts of "orange"):

orange peel; orange rind (the rind of an orange)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orange"):

temple orange (large sweet easily-peeled Florida fruit with deep orange rind)

bitter orange; Seville orange; sour orange (highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade)

sweet orange (orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin)

Holonyms ("orange" is a part of...):

orange; orange tree (any citrus tree bearing oranges)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

orange; orangeness

Hypernyms ("orange" is a kind of...):

chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orange"):

reddish orange (an orange color closer to red than to yellow)

Derivation:

orange (of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any citrus tree bearing oranges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

orange; orange tree

Hypernyms ("orange" is a kind of...):

citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)

Meronyms (parts of "orange"):

orange (round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees)

Meronyms (substance of "orange"):

orangewood (fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orange"):

bigarade; bitter orange; bitter orange tree; Citrus aurantium; marmalade orange; Seville orange; sour orange (any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock)

bergamot; bergamot orange; Citrus bergamia (small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy)

Citrus sinensis; sweet orange; sweet orange tree (probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges)

Citrus nobilis; king orange; tangor; temple orange; temple orange tree (large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida)

Holonyms ("orange" is a member of...):

genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Any pigment producing the orange color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("orange" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

Derivation:

orange (of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Orange; Orange River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Orange" is a part of...):

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

• ORANGE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange

Synonyms:

orange; orangish

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

orange (orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow)

orange (any pigment producing the orange color)

orangeness (orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow)

 Context examples 

A dark orange, yellow pigment that is the product of the breakdown of iron in the blood; it is conjugated in the liver and excreted in the bile.

(Bilirubin, NCI Thesaurus)

The coat is dense, and comes in various shades of red and orange.

(Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)

The skin of the breast may also show the pitted appearance called peau d'orange (like the skin of an orange).

(Inflammatory breast cancer, NCI Dictionary)

On the very first evening after our arrival, Mr. Barkis appeared in an exceedingly vacant and awkward condition, and with a bundle of oranges tied up in a handkerchief.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Orange blossom oil is used primarily for aromatherapy.

(Citrus sinensis Flower Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Infrared light has been assigned colors we see with our eyes, revealing young stars in orange and yellow, and a central parcel of gas in blue.

(The 'Serpent' star-forming cloud hatches new stars, NASA)

Neither silk, lace, nor orange flowers would she have.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There he was, sitting with a newly opened envelope in one hand and five dried orange pips in the outstretched palm of the other one.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Voyager's "eyes" saw in colors slightly different from human eyes, and this map was produced using orange, green and blue filter images.

(Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton, NASA)

The essential oil from the peel of this orange is used in perfume, to get rid of insects, and to flavor tea.

(Bergamot, NCI Dictionary)