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    orange pekoe
    [ noun ]
    a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java
    <noun.food>


    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.]
    1. 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.

    2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.

    3. 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}).

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