1. Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
   "She peeled an orange for her midday snack"
    
2. Orange colour or pigment; any of a range of colours between red and yellow
   "The orange of the sunset was breathtaking";
   - orangeness
    
3. Any pigment producing the orange colour
   "The sunset was painted using a mixture of yellow and orange pigments"
    
4. Any citrus tree bearing oranges
   "The orange tree in our backyard produced sweet fruit";
   - orange tree

1. Of the colour between red and yellow; similar to the colour of a ripe orange
   "The orange glow of the sunset filled the sky";
   - orangish

1. A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
   - Orange River

Derived forms: oranges

See also: chromatic

Type of: chromatic color [US], chromatic colour [Brit, Cdn], citrus, citrus fruit, citrus tree, pigment, river, spectral color [US], spectral colour [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: genus Citrus, Republic of South Africa, RSA, SA, South Africa, ZA

Encyclopedia: Orange, North Dakota