orange

English Thesaurus

1. orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour,
definition	:	a color that has hue (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	reddish orange,
definition	:	an orange color closer to red than to yellow (noun.attribute)

2. round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees (noun.food)

hypernym	:	citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit,
definition	:	any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions (noun.food)

hyponym	:	temple orange,
definition	:	large sweet easily-peeled Florida fruit with deep orange rind (noun.food)

hyponym	:	bitter orange, seville orange, sour orange,
definition	:	highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade (noun.food)

hyponym	:	sweet orange,
definition	:	orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin (noun.food)

part holonym	:	orange peel, orange rind,
definition	:	the rind of an orange (noun.food)

part meronym	:	orange, orange tree,
definition	:	any citrus tree bearing oranges (noun.plant)

3. a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	river,
definition	:	a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) (noun.object)

part meronym	:	republic of south africa, south africa,
definition	:	a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) (noun.location)

4. any citrus tree bearing oranges (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	citrus, citrus tree,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, seville orange, sour orange,
definition	:	any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bergamot, bergamot orange, citrus bergamia,
definition	:	small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	citrus sinensis, sweet orange, sweet orange tree,
definition	:	probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	citrus nobilis, king orange, tangor, temple orange, temple orange tree,
definition	:	large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	orange,
definition	:	round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees (noun.food)

member meronym	:	genus citrus,
definition	:	orange; lemon; lime; etc. (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	orangewood,
definition	:	fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork (noun.plant)

5. any pigment producing the orange color (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	pigment,
definition	:	dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) (noun.substance)

6. of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange (adj.all)

similar	:	chromatic,
definition	:	being or having or characterized by hue (adj.all)

7. orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	orange, orangish, orange, orangish,
definition	:	of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange (adj.all)

8. of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange (adj.all)

derivation	:	orange, orangeness,
definition	:	orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	orange,
definition	:	any pigment producing the orange color (noun.substance)

9. orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	orange, orangish, orange, orangish,
definition	:	of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange (adj.all)

10. of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange (adj.all)

derivation	:	orange, orangeness,
definition	:	orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	orange,
definition	:	any pigment producing the orange color (noun.substance)