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Definition of Oranges
1. orange [n] - See also: orange
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oranges
Literary usage of Oranges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Guam Agricultural Experiment Station (1918)
"The tree is sometimes attacked by a borer, but otherwise it is apparently free
from insects. oranges.—Improvement work with oranges was started some time ..."
2. American Journal of Education by Barnard (1882)
"Supposing 12 oranges are to be equally divided : the question may be (1) how many
oranges are to be given to each of 4 boys, and in that case I divide the ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Customs and usages <§=> 18—Petition held not to authorize proof of custom to
resell, in advance, oranges bought. In an action by buyer for failure to ..."
4. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1874)
"A careful examination into the facts relative to the supply and demand of oranges,
will tend to convince one that the fears pretty extensively entertained ..."
5. Citrus Fruits: An Account of the Citrus Fruit Industry, with Special by John Eliot Coit (1915)
"oranges are picked with a great deal of care for the reason that ... oranges will
not rot unless they become infected with microscopic plants which grow in ..."
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