Oranges

1. a large round juicy citrus fruit with a tough bright reddish-yellow rind.

   eat plenty of oranges

   a slice of orange

   orange juice

2. the leathery-leaved evergreen tree that bears the orange, native to warm regions of South and SE Asia. Oranges are a major commercial crop in many warm regions of the world.
3. a bright reddish-yellow colour like that of the skin of a ripe orange.

   tones of golden brown and orange

   the most shocking of pinks and oranges

4. a butterfly with mainly or partly orange wings.

late Middle English: from Old French orenge (in the phrase pomme d'orenge ), based on Arabic nāranj, from Persian nārang .