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oranges
noun(or-ange)
a globose berry with a yellowish to reddish-orange rind and a sweet edible pulp
oranges
noun(or-ange)
any of various small evergreen citrus trees (genus Citrus) with glossy ovate leaves, hard yellow wood, fragrant white flowers, and fruits that are oranges
oranges
noun(or-ange)
any of several trees or fruits resembling the orange
oranges
idiom(or-ange)
to compare things that are very different
oranges
noun(or-ange)
a basic orange dye structurally related to acridine and used especially to stain nucleic acids
oranges
noun(or-ange)
an herbicide widely used as a defoliant in the Vietnam War that is composed of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T and contains dioxin as a contaminant
oranges
noun(or-ange)
sour orange
oranges
noun(or-ange)
a cultivated sweet orange having fruit with usually red pulp; also : its fruit
oranges
noun(or-ange)
mandarin
oranges
noun(or-ange)
an alkaline dye used as a chemical indicator
oranges
noun(or-ange)
any of a genus (Philadelphus) of ornamental shrubs of which several are widely grown for their showy white flowers and that is either placed in the saxifrage or hydrangea families or in a family (Philadelphaceae) of its own —called also philadelphus, syringa
oranges
noun(or-ange)
any of several usually shrubby plants considered to resemble the orange
oranges
noun(or-ange)
a seedless orange having a pit at the apex where the fruit encloses a small secondary fruit —called also navel

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