orange

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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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  1. 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.
  2. noun The fruit of any of these trees, having a sweetish, acidic juice.
  3. noun Any of several similar plants, such as the Osage orange and the mock orange.

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  1. 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).

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/ (ôrˈĭnj, ŏrˈ-)/
ahd pronounces "orange"
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holborne pronounces "orange"
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