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Look up: Orange

  1. Orange
    (Citrus) These plants are native to the southern and southeastern mainland of Asia and the bordering Malayan islands. They are small, spiny shrubs or trees with alternate, usually evergreen, leaves, which are shiny and leathery and dotted with oil glands. The stems are mostly winged and jointed with the leaves and there is usually a spine on the twigs at the attachment of each stem. Their flowers smell sweet and they have five petals that are white and some kinds have purple staining the o…
    Found on http://www.botany.com/citrus.html

  2. Orange
    The orange is a globose, reddish-yellow bitter or sweet edible citrus fruit of the orange tree (Citrus aurantium).
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/B7

  3. Orange
    Orange is a city in Orange County California, USA Orange is a town in Orange County Virginia, USA Orange is a town in Orange County Vermont, USA Orange is a city in Orange County Texas, USA Orange is a township in Columbia County Pennsylvania, USA Orange is a town in Juneau County Wisconsin, USA Orange is a village in Cuyahoga County Ohio, USA Orange is a township in Meigs County Ohio, USA Orange is a township in Shelby County Ohio, USA Orange is a township in Hancock County Ohio, USA Orange is …
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/GL

  4. orange
    [adj] - similar to the color of a ripe orange 2. [n] - any pigment producing the orange color 3. [n] - any citrus tree bearing oranges 4. [n] - a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean 5. [n] - round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees 6. [n] - any of a range of colors between red and yellow
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Orange
    The colour of some muppets used by boat anglers.
    Found on http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/rock-f

  6. orange
    a large roundish juicy citrus fruit with a bright reddish-yellow tough rind Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. Orange
    Or"ange noun [ F.; confer Italian arancia , arancio , Late Latin arangia , Spanish naranjia , Portuguese laranja ; all from Arabic nāranj , Persian nāranj , nārang ; confer Sanskrit nāranga orange tree. The o- in French orange is due to confusion with or gold, Latin aurum , b …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/27

  8. Orange
    Or"ange adjective Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/27

  9. orange
    1. <botany> The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (Citrus Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe. ... There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original sto …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?o

  10. orange
    orangish adjective of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. orange
    orangeness noun orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. orange
    noun round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. orange
    orange tree noun any citrus tree bearing oranges
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. Orange
    Orange River noun a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. orange
    noun any pigment producing the orange color
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. orange
    (or´әnj) the trees Citrus aurantium and Citrus sinensis or their fruits; the flowers and peels are used in pharmaceutical preparations. a color between red and yellow, produced by energy of wavelengths between 590 and 630 nm. a dye or stain with this color. methyl orange&...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  17. Orange
    • (n.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree. • (n.) The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe. • (a.) Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. Orange
    city, east-central New South Wales, Australia. It is located near the slopes of Mount Canobolas, an extinct volcano. In 1828 the area was named by ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/26

  19. Orange
    town, Vaucluse département, Provence-Alpes-Côte d`Azur région, southeastern France. It lies in a fertile plain on the left bank of the Rhône River, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/26

  20. Orange
    city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. Adjacent to Anaheim (west) and Santa Ana (south), it lies along the Santa Ana River. Part of Rancho ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/26

  21. Orange
    town (township), New Haven county, southwestern Connecticut, U.S., west of New Haven on the Housatonic River. Originally a part of Milford colony (on ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/26

  22. Orange
    township, Essex county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies just west of Newark. Named Mountain Plantations when it was settled in 1678, it was ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/26

  23. Orange
    city, seat (1852) of Orange county, southeastern Texas, U.S. It lies at the Louisiana state line. Orange is a deepwater port on the Sabine River, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/26

  24. orange
    any of several species of small trees or shrubs of the genus Citrus of the family Rutaceae and their nearly round fruits, which have leathery and ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/26

  25. Orange
    county, eastern Vermont, U.S., bounded to the east by New Hampshire; the Connecticut River constitutes the border. It consists of a piedmont region ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/26

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8 January 2009

This day in history:
Rationing began on 8 January 1940. Each person was allowed a specific mount of basic foods. In July 1940 a complete ban was put on the making or selling of iced cakes, and in September the manufacture of `candied peel` or `crystallised cherries` meant the death knell for the traditional wedding cake. On 1st December 1941 the Ministry of Food introduced the points rationing scheme for items such as canned meat, fish and vegetables at first. Everyone was given 16 points a month, later raised to twenty, to spend as wished at any shop that had the items wanted. read more

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