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ORANGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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 2
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 3
Meaning:
A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
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))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Any citrus tree bearing oranges
Synonyms:
orange; orange tree
Classified under:
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 5
Meaning:
Any pigment producing the orange color
Classified under:
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange
Synonyms:
orange; orangish
Classified under:
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 substance found in yellow and orange fruits and vegetables and in dark green, leafy vegetables.
(Beta carotene, NCI Dictionary)
Coat color may be orange and white, liver and white, black and white, liver tri-color, and black tricolor.
(Brittany Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)
The Beagle is a hardy, sturdy squarely-built, small hound, with a short coat in tri-color, red and white, orange and white, or lemon and white.
(Beagle, NCI Thesaurus)
Acridine orange interacts with RNA and DNA and the lysosomal compartment of cells.
(Acridine Orange Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)
Agent Orange is a mixture of two chemicals, 2,4, dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5 trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T).
(Agent Orange, NCI Thesaurus)
A yellow to orange colored, crystalline, inorganic compound that forms toxic fumes of cadmium oxides when heated.
(Cadmium Sulfide, NCI Thesaurus)
Coat color is predominantly white, with either lemon or orange markings.
(Clumber Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)
Orange oil is used as a flavoring, a solvent and for its aromatic properties.
(Orange Oil Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles orange.
(Orange Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
A dimpled condition of the skin of the breast, resembling the skin of an orange, sometimes found in inflammatory breast cancer.
(Peau d'orange, NCI Dictionary)
