Definition of Orange tree

1. Noun. Any citrus tree bearing oranges.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Orange Tree

orange peel fungus
orange peels
orange pekoe
orange red
orange rind
orange roughy
orange sneezeweed
orange soda
orange squash
orange stick
orange sticks
orange tip
orange tips
orange toast
orange tortrix
orange tree (current term)
orange wood
orange yellow
orange zest
orangeade
orangeades
orangeat
orangeats
oranged
orangeish
orangeless
orangely
orangeness
orangequat
orangequats

Literary usage of Orange tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1890)
"Take the orange tree, for instance, and it is not necessary to cut back like the gentleman speaks about it, in pruning the apricot and the peach; ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"When not injured by frost, the Florida orange tree is immensely productive of thin-skinned ... Sprout-grown orange tree. fruit with a lemon's acidity, ..."

3. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1868)
"All that has been said in regard to the cultivation of the orange tree ... But the fruit of the citron tree is more delicate than that of the orange tree. ..."

4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"The orange-tree bears a close resemblance to the formal idealized plant, ... The orange-tree grows all the time. That is to be thought of. ..."

5. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"CITRUS, see Citrus medica — e. Acida, see Lime. CITRUS AURAN'TIUM. The systematic name of the orange tree, Auran'tium, ..."

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