noun

orange

orange, orange colour

I would like an orange.

I would like an orange.

She wore an orange dress.

She wore an orange dress.

((an orange)) a citrus fruit I ate an orange for breakfast.

((an orange)) ((noun)) having an orange colour He drives an orange car.

Fruit: apple, banana; Colour: yellow, red

From Sanskrit 'nāraṅga' (orange tree). The colour is named after the fruit.

In English, the fruit and the colour have the same name: orange.

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