| orang | <zoology> An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. Alternative forms: orang-outan, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and oran-utan. It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the ground when the body is erect. Its colour is reddish brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many respects. Origin: Malayan rang tan, i. E, man of the woods; rang man + tan a forest, wood, wild, savage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| orang-outang | <zoology> An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. Alternative forms: orang-outan, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and oran-utan. It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the ground when the body is erect. Its colour is reddish brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many respects. Origin: Malayan rang tan, i. E, man of the woods; rang man + tan a forest, wood, wild, savage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| 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 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. <botany> The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree. 3. The colour of an orange; reddish yellow. 4. <zoology> Mock orange, 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). Origin: F.; cf. It. Arancia, arancio, LL. Arangia, Sp. Naranjia, Pg. Laranja; all fr. Ar. Naranj, Per. Naranj, narang; cf. Skr. Naranga orange tree. The o- in F. Orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. Aurum, because the orange resembles gold in colour. (06 Mar 1998) |
| orange G | An azo dye, C16H10N2O7S2Na2, used as a cytoplasmic stain in histologic techniques. (05 Mar 2000) |
| orange wood | A soft wood used in dentistry for placement of bridges, crowns, etc. By biting pressure, also used as a burnishing point in the polishing of root surfaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| orangeroot | <botany> An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| orangery | A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees. Origin: F. Orangerie, fr. Orange. See Orange. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| orangite | <chemical> An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found in Norway. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |