Orange

(ŏr'enj), n. [Fr. orange, It. arancia, arancio, L. Lat. arangia, aurantia, Venetian naranza, Sp. naranja, Pg. laranja, fr. Ar. & Per. nārandi or nārang, and then changed into N. Lat. pomum aurantium, i. e., gold-apple, because it resembles gold in color.]

1Sense 1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of a number of pulpy carpels, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is yellow when ripe. There are many varieties, as the red or Maltese orange, having a pulp stained with crimson, and formerly much valued, as it was supposed to be produced by a graft set in the pomegranate; the mandarin orange, in which the pulp is so entirely free from the rind, as to be easily shaken loose in the ripe fruit; and others.

2Sense 2. The tree that produces oranges; — usually called orange-tree.