1 [C,U] a round CITRUS fruit with thick reddish-yellow skin and a lot of sweet juice:
orange peel * an orange tree * freshly squeezed orange juice * orange groves (= groups of orange trees) * orange blossom
seealsoBLOODORANGE
2 [U,C] (BrE) orange juice, or a drink made from or tasting of oranges:
Would you like some orange? * A vodka and orange, please.
3 [U,C] a bright reddish-yellow colour:
a pale shade of orange * purples and reds and deep shining oranges
adjective bright reddish-yellow in colour:
yellow and orange flames * There was a warm orange glow in the sky.
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