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Similarly, orange is rarely used except in occasional references to the House of Orange in Northern Ireland.
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- noun 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.
- noun The fruit of any of these trees, having a sweetish, acidic juice.
- noun Any of several similar plants, such as the Osage orange and the mock orange.
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Similarly, orange is rarely used except in occasional references to the House of Orange in Northern Ireland.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1 -
However, we also firmly believe that those parts of the orange were there even when we were not perceiving them.
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If orange is your favorite fruit, it speaks of a person who has enduring patience and will power.
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Now, over here where the orange is as high as the water got.
— CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2007 - "Behind there." — Flinx In Flux
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- Middle English, from Old French pume orenge, translation and alteration (influenced by Orenge, Orange, a town in France) of Old Italian melarancio : mela, fruit + arancio, orange tree (alteration of Arabic nāranj, from Persian nārang, from Sanskrit nāraṅgaḥ, possibly of Dravidian origin).