The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orange \Or"ange\ ([o^]r"[e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]
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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.
Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the horned orange, in which the carpels are partly separated.
(Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
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The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms.
Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian shrub ( Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow berries.
Orange bird (Zo["o]l.), a tanager of Jamaica ( Tanagra zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowry ( Cypr[ae]a aurantia), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity.
Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant ( Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow flowers.
Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers.
Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea.
Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of nightshade ( Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
Orange scale (Zo["o]l.) any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale ( Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale ( Mytilaspis Gloveri), and the red scale ( Aspidiotus Aurantii).
Wiktionary
n. An expensive grade of black tea from India and Sri Lanka
WordNet
n. a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java [syn: pekoe]
Wikipedia
is a Japanese music duo which formed in 1998, and had its first major debut in 2002, with the single "Happy Valley". The band is named for orange pekoe, a type of tea.
Usage examples of "orange pekoe".
Green teas, which are my favorite, but also black-orange pekoe, congou, souchong.
She poured the orange pekoe tea, brought the paper-thin Royal Doulton cup to him and sat beside him on the sofa.
It was an execrable and ill-advised combination of several teas, dominated by Orange Pekoe, that somehow managed to cancel each other's aromas.
It was an execrable and ill-advised combination of several teas, dominated by Orange Pekoe, that somehow managed to can.
It was a hot, exhausting day, and during the afternoon I was forced to refresh myself with a pot of Orange Pekoe tea.
They had drunk Orange Pekoe with breakfast and she, in a rust-coloured suit with a heavy clip of hammered pewter on the left lapel, had just gone off to work.
Not that your grandmother would object if we asked for ouzo instead of orange pekoe.
So I joked about it: my cracked crystal ball - a small time machine I keep in the basement next to my Ouija Board - my seance guiding spirit, Chief Forked Tongue - tea-leaves, but it has to be Black Dragon tea, Lipton's Orange Pekoe doesn't have the right vibrations.
And how could I kill them when they were drinking orange pekoe tea and eating cookies with us?
He warmed the teapot--almost too deftly--rejected the Orange Pekoe that the parlour-maid had provided, poured in five spoonfuls of a superior blend, filled up with really boiling water, and now called to the ladies to be quick or they would lose the aroma.