from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Any of several southeast Asian evergreen trees of the genus Citrus, widely cultivated in warm regions and having fragrant white flowers and round fruit with a yellowish or reddish rind and a sectioned, pulpy interior, especially C. sinensis, the sweet orange, and C. aurantium, the Seville or sour orange.
- n. The fruit of any of these trees, having a sweetish, acidic juice.
- n. Any of several similar plants, such as the Osage orange and the mock orange.
- n. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between red and yellow, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 590 to 630 nanometers; any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue, of medium lightness and moderate saturation.
- adj. Of the color orange.
- adj. Made from oranges.
- adj. Tasting or smelling like oranges.
This may have arisen, not merely from their paucity, but from the unsettled signification of the term orange, as well as from improperly calling these pigments reds, yellows, &c. In these days, however, orange pigments are sufficiently numerous to merit a chapter to themselves; they indeed comprise some of the best colours on the palette.
Transvaallers, shared in their defeat, and their country was annexed to the British Empire under the title orange River Colony.
Since Valencia orange is a sweet orange it blended well with curd.
Plus it comes in orange, which is unquestionably the best color a watch can be.
Well, the head of the transit authority here saying that they are now at what he calls orange alert plus.
I always kiddingly tell people what I call the orange juice story.