Phrase Hound found 40 phrases and 1 compound words that contain oranges. The most common are listed below. Open oranges in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 40
- apples and orangesA comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.
- apples to orangesAlternative form of apples and oranges: A comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.
- mix apples and orangesTo mix or confuse two completely different objects or ideas.
- bitter orangesplural of bitter orange: A citrus tree of the species Citrus ×aurantium, also called Citrus aurantium.
- blood orangesplural of blood orange: A type of orange (a variety of Citrus sinensis) notable for its dark, crimson red flesh.
- mandarin orangesplural of mandarin orange: A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with oblate fruits smaller than the (so-named) sweet oranges.
- mock orangesplural of mock orange: Any of many shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white, fragrant flowers, for which they are cultivated outside their natural range
- sweet orangesplural of sweet orange: Citrus sinensis, a species of citrus fruit, commonly known as the orange.
- wild orangesplural of wild orange: Capparis mitchellii, a non-citrus plant species that contains notable amounts of vitamin C.
- Jaffa orangesplural of Jaffa orange: A sweet, nearly seedless variety of orange.
- oranges and lemonsA traditional English children's game, in which a rhyme is chanted as the players file, in pairs, through an arch formed by two other players' clasped hands. Those caught when the hands descend then form another adjacent arch.
- blaze orangesplural of blaze orange: A bright shade of orange.
- burnt orangesplural of burnt orange: A dark shade of orange.
- cherry orangesplural of cherry orange: A small orange-like fruit and the plant that produces it.
- China orangesplural of China orange: A kind of sweet orange, first brought into Europe from China by the Portuguese.
- chrome orangesplural of chrome orange: A mixed oxide with the chemical formula Pb₂CrO₅, formerly used as an orange pigment.
- direct orangesplural of direct orange: A kind of bright orange dye.
- Mexican orangesplural of Mexican orange: Any of various aromatic evergreen shrubs of the genus Choisya.
- monkey orangesplural of monkey orange: Any of various plants that produce fruits superficially resembling oranges, such as various Strychnos species or Maclura pomifera.
- Natal orangesplural of Natal orange: Strychnos spinosa, a tree indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa, producing sweet and sour yellow fruits.
- Panama orangesplural of Panama orange: A small decorative evergreen citrus tree, of the hybrid Citrus × microcarpa (syn. ×Citrofortunella mitis), sometimes cultivated for its fruit.
- safety orangesplural of safety orange: A hue of orange used to set objects apart from their surroundings, particularly in complementary contrast to the azure color of the sky; commonly used in the US for traffic cones and other construction zone marking.
- sea orangesplural of sea orange: A sponge of the species Suberites ficus.
- Seville orangesplural of Seville orange: The bitter orange: a tree and fruit of the species Citrus aurantium.
- sunset orangesplural of sunset orange: A dark and saturated orange color.
Compound words 1
- orangespottedHaving orange spots