ORANGE
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)
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)
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:
orangeness; orange
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)
Meaning:
Any citrus tree bearing oranges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
orange tree; orange
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.)
Meaning:
Any pigment producing the orange color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("orange" is a kind of...):
pigment (dry coloring matter (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc))
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 River; Orange
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)
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)
