orange

noun

• 1a round juicy citrus fruit with a tough bright reddish-yellow rind.
• a drink made from or flavored with orange:a vodka and orange

• 2 (also orange tree) the leathery-leaved evergreen tree that bears the orange, native to warm regions of south and Southeast Asia. Oranges are a major commercial crop in many warm regions of the world.

  • Genus Citrus, family Rutaceae: several species, in particular the sweet orange (C. sinensis) and the Seville orange
• used in names of other plants with fruit or flowers similar to the orange, e.g., mock orange.

• 3a bright reddish-yellow color like that of the skin of a ripe orange.

adjective

• 1reddish yellow, like a ripe orange in color:an orange glow in the sky