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	orange - Allrecipes
		Instead, the word orange comes from a transliteration of the sanskrit naranga...which comes from the Tamil naru...which means "fragrant." It's thought that the reason oranges have long been associated with fertility (and therefore, weddings) is because this lush evergreen tree can simultaneously produce flowers, fruit and foliage.
		Bitter oranges, the most well-known of which are the SEVILLE and the BERGAMOT, are-as their name implies-too sour and astringent to eat raw.
		Oranges are an excellent source of vitamin C and contain some vitamin A. Once cut or squeezed, however, the vitamin C quickly begins to dissipate.
	allrecipes.com /howto/orange/detail.aspx (512 words)

	Orange - Uncyclopedia
		Orange is the national colour of The Netherlands, because its royal family used to have skin the colour of the principality of
		The colors orange and fl represent the holiday Halloween (31 October) because orange is the color of pumpkins and fl is the color of fl cats.
		korange — a hybrid of a kumquat and orange
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Orange (1284 words)

	Oranges
		Oranges look the most appealing when they are a deep, vibrant orange colour; but, on the tree, a mature orange is usually green-skinned.
		Orange trees are beautiful the year round, and their colourful fruits make a striking contrast to the dark glossy everygreen leaves, which give off a wonderful citrus scent.
		The earliest description of the bitter orange in Europe was by a 13th century author; and the sweet orange was not mentioned until 1471 in some archives from the Italian city of Savona.
	www.innvista.com /health/foods/fruits/orange.htm (1552 words)

	orange county (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Word History: Oranges imported to China from the United States reflect a journey come full circle, for the orange had worked its way westward for centuries, originating in China, then being introduced to India, and traveling on to the Middle East, into Europe, and finally to the New World.
		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.
		Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers.
	www.floridaluxurywaterfronthomes.com /orange-county.htm (1017 words)

	Orange (fruit) at AllExperts
		Orange cultivation is a major business and an important part of the economies of the (Florida and California), most Mediterranean countries, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan, China, India, Iran, Egypt, Turkey and to a lesser extent Spain, Portugal, South Africa, and Greece.
		Oranges are widely grown in warm climates worldwide, and the flavors of orange vary from sweet to sour.
		The Valencia or Murcia orange is one of the sweet oranges used for juice extraction.
	en.allexperts.com /e/o/or/orange_(fruit).htm (1205 words)

	Troubleshooting Microsoft Word
		If Word is not launching for you at all or is crashing or freezing as soon as it comes on the screen, odds are your global template is corrupt or something is loading automatically in your Word Startup folder that is misconfigured or corrupt.
		Word is also notorious for leaving temp files on the system that can cause all kinds of problems.
		Word tells you that the module has not been installed and asks you to (re)install it.
	www.personal-computer-tutor.com /NNTWord.htm (1975 words)

	Issue of April 4, 2003
		Dear Word Detective: I have recently come across an item which informed me that in England, in days gone by, a man could divorce his wife on the grounds of her being "silly." Call me silly but, I'm willing to bet that the word "silly" has undergone a change in meaning since then.
		In passing, he mentioned that the word "orange" would be a good word to do our project on, and that if we ever found its origins, they wouldn't be correct if they didn't include something about an elephant.
		It was the fruit, and "orange," the color between yellow and red, is called "orange" because "oranges" are one of the few things in nature that occur in that color and no other.
	www.word-detective.com /040503.html (5545 words)

	Take Our Word For It Archives N-P
		This word, which means `a small amount' and which is used adverbially with a (i.e., a skosh bit), comes from Japanese sukoshi `small amount.' It is first recorded in English in 1952.
		In the the 16th century, this word meant `beset, as a beseiging force.' It appeared rarely in the 18th century, and then it was revived in the 19th century.
		Words which begin with ps- are of Greek origin, all of them beginning, in Greek, with the Greek letter psi.
	www.takeourword.com /et_n-p.html (5241 words)

	Conveying emotion through color (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Orange is seen as the hottest of all colors (Eiseman 27).
		Similarly, the word for orange, “tenne,” in heraldry meant strength and endurance (Birren 173).
		The modern use for vivid shades of orange because of its loudness is in situations where safety through visibility is an issue.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Fall05/rosenblatt/orange.html (368 words)

	Orange - citrus sinensis (Baba's Garden) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Orange blossom water is a common part of Middle Eastern cuisine.
		While still maintaining an orange peel, the blood orange has streaks of red in the fruit and a dark burgundy pulp.All citrus trees are of the single genus Citrus, and remain largely interbreed-able; that is, there is only one "superspecies" which includes lemons, limes and oranges.
		The underdeveloped twin is located on the bottom right.A single mutation in 1820 in an orchard of sweet oranges planted at a monastery in Brazil led to the navel orange, also known as the Washington, Riverside or Bahia navel.
	www.babasgarden.net /2006/10/orange_citrus_sinensis.html (1389 words)

	orange. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between red and yellow, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 590 to 630 nanometers; any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue, of medium lightness and moderate saturation.
		Oranges imported to China from the United States reflect a journey come full circle, for the orange had worked its way westward for centuries, originating in China, then being introduced to India, and traveling on to the Middle East, into Europe, and finally to the New World.
		The final stage of the odyssey of the word was its borrowing into English from the Old French form orenge.
	www.bartleby.com /61/52/O0105200.html (442 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Quiz
		Word History of Orange according to dictionary.com:Oranges imported to China from the United States reflect a journey come full circle, for the orange had worked its way westward for centuries, originating in China, then being introduced to India, and traveling on to the Middle East, into Europe, and finally to the New World.
		The history of the word orange keeps step with this journey only part of the way.
		The Dravidian word or words were adopted into the Indo-European language Sanskrit with the form nraga.
	www.iranian.com /Quiz/2004/March/orange.html (254 words)

	Gamblin Artists Colors - Orange Oil Colors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is derived from a Sanskrit word for "fruit approved by elephants." Arab traders brought oranges to Europe around the 11th century CE.
		Orange life vests are easily seen on dark and stormy seas.
		During the Middle Ages, orange mineral, also called minium, provided a rich and opaque pigment that was used in easel painting and illuminated manuscripts.
	www.gamblincolors.com /materials/oranges.html (603 words)

	All About Orange
		In Ireland the use of orange dates from the reign of William of Orange, the Protestant English king and a Dutch stadholder.
		All the orange stones - carnelian, orange jasper, fire opal - are used with the sacral hara chakra.
		Orange was the original scent of the orange colored Magic Scents Crayons from Binney and Smith Inc. introduced in 1994 with mostly food scents.
	www.squidoo.com /allaboutorange (1634 words)

	Mike's Homepage: Fun Stuff/Orange
		On #acro, I went by the nick O`Range (not O'Range, because such a nickname is impossible on irc.
		Furthermore, and most importantly, the word Orange carries the honorable distinction of having no other single word in the English language that rhymes.
		If anyone asks you what the three words "purple", "silver", and "orange" have in common besides being colors, remember to answer that they are all words with which no other word in the English dictionary rhymes.
	mikeliem.tripod.com /funstuff/orange.html (395 words)

	Spice Pages: Orange (Citrus sinensis/aurantium)
		The word is, however, not native to Sanskrit, but has been borrowed from some other, unrelated tongue; it has been speculated that the ancient source language belonged to the Austro-Asiatic language family, but another explanation tries to establish a link to a Dravidian root “fragrant”.
		Orange is cultivated world-wide (where climate permits) as a fruit and as source of orange juice, which is enjoyed fresh and processed into various beverages.
		As bitter oranges can be difficult to come by, most cookbooks suggest a mixture of sweet orange juice and lime juice as a substitute, but I think that fresh grapefruit juice is even a better choice.
	www.kfunigraz.ac.at /~katzer/engl/Citr_sin.html (1850 words)

	Etymologically Speaking...
		Coming to English via the French word meaning the same, this word is thought to derive ultimately from the Latin word lamella, a "thin plate," referring to the long, flat shape of the omlette, and to represent a gradual corruption of allumelle first to allumelette, then to alomelette (Le cuisiner francois of 1651 has aumelette).
		Interestingly, none of these terms come from the Latin word for orange, citrus aurentium; instead, they all come from the ancient Sanskrit naga ranga, which literally means "fatal indigestion for elephants." In certain traditions the orange, not the apple, is the fruit responsible for original sin.
		He mistakenly confused the Hebrew word "azazal," the name of a Caanonite demon, with "ez-ozel," meaning, "the goat the departs." Leviticus 16:8 discusses how goats should be sacrificed to God as a sin-offering, and another should be given to Azazel and set free in the wilderness, for the sins of the people.
	www.westegg.com /etymology (10416 words)

	AskOxford: Are there any words that rhyme with orange?
		Orange is one of those words that famously has nothing perfectly to rhyme with it.
		What is the word for a word that has multiple meanings based upon how it is pronounced?
		What is the word for a word which is another word spelt backwards?
	www.askoxford.com /asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/orange (627 words)

	Saturday in the park with orange \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It's a color symbolism tied up in a particular kind of word play, in which a dynastic family name ("the House of Orange") happened to coincide with a new term for one of the basic seven of the rainbow.
		Orange as the name of a color, however, didn't come onto the scene for several centuries after that.
		When the princes of Orange were making names for themselves, the orange itself was a relatively recent arrival in Europe from India, where it is thought to have originated.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0304/p18s05-hfes.html (677 words)

	ORANGES
		Orange cultivation is a major business and an important part of the economies of the US (Florida and California), most Mediterranean countries, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan, China, India, Iran, Egypt, Turkey and to a lesser extent Spain, Portugal, South Africa, and Greece.
		All parts of the orange are used to make marmalade: The pith and pips are separated, and typically placed in a muslin where they are boiled in the juice (and sliced peel) to extract their pectin, aiding the setting process.
		Chocolate-covered orange peel is considered a delicacy to some people.
	www.solarnavigator.net /solar_cola/oranges.htm (1143 words)

	Wordwizard Clubhouse - the color 'orange'
		Janes, Either my map is broken or this is a rough time of year to be swimming or out in a boat with your PC in the Sea of Okhotsk in far eastern Russia.
		The change in French from ‘arange’ to ‘orenge’ is thought to be due to the influence of French or 'gold', alluding to the color, or perhaps ‘Orange,’ a town in southeast France through which oranges were shipped.
		A depiction of an actual orange would, I believe be described as an "orange proper", the word "proper" meaning "in its natural colours".
	www.wordwizard.com /ch_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4650 (369 words)

	Burnt Orange Report: Our Eyes Are Upon You, Texas.
		Burnt Orange Report: Our Eyes Are Upon You, Texas.
		As you may have seen over the past week, TXU has decided to pay money to the Burnt Orange Report to place an ad that showcases their "greenness." On a related note, I hear Dennis Kucinich is running a fundraising ad over at the National Review.
		Apparently us Texans are supposed to be pleased that TXU has scaled back their plans from building 11 coal-fired electric plants to 3.
	www.burntorangereport.com (2617 words)

	WD6X: Word Uses Orange Highlight Color When Blue/White Selected
		When you choose the "Blue Background, White Text" option, Word uses orange as the highlight color, instead of the highlight color you selected.
		Orange is the most visible highlight color available for a blue background.
		Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word version 6.0 for Macintosh.
	support.microsoft.com /kb/127093/EN-US (189 words)

	WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2006-0511
		Community Trademarks include Trademark E127837 which was registered on March 29, 2001, in connection with the word ORANGE in relation to Austria, Benelux, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom.
		The Complainant says that the core elements of the ORANGE brand include use of the word “ORANGE.”; use of the colour orange, being a shade known as “Panatone 151” under the Panetone colour classification; and the Orange square device comprising the word “Orange” in white lower case font on an orange-coloured square.
		The Complainant alleges that the disputed domain name is similar to the Complainant’s ORANGE word mark as it exactly reproduces that word mark, but with the addition of the descriptive word “broadband”.
	www.wipo.int /amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2006/d2006-0511.html (2850 words)

	orange - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		Word History: Oranges imported to China from the United States reflect a journey come full circle, for the orange had worked its way westward for centuries, originating in China, then being introduced to India, and traveling on to the Middle East, into Europe, and finally to the New World.
		The word is possibly ultimately from Dravidian, a family of languages spoken in southern India and northern Sri Lanka.
		The Persian orange, grown widely in southern Europe after its introduction in Italy 11c., was bitter; sweet oranges were brought to Europe 15c.
	dictionary.reference.com /browse/orange (1545 words)

	Orange invents new word \| The Register
		Research provided to us by Orange supposedly shows the great new trend of “mobification” is spreading to the UK: apparently from the Far East.
		A release from Orange helpfully informs us that more than two million mobile phone users between 16 and 18 have succumbed to this latest trend; a massive 86.4 per cent of the age group.
		Orange has set up a site to promote, judge, and reward, phone modifications, as well as selling ringtones and graphics to the less courageous, or artistically inclined.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2006/08/29/orange_mobification (423 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		The word orange first entered our English language in the fourteenth century, in reference to the globose citrus fruit of the orange tree (orange referring to the tree itself, as in "groves of oranges," took another 250 or so years to appear).
		If you're wondering what happened to the initial n-, the probable answer is that it was lost by metanalysis, which, we recall, is a change in the division between words, which in English gives rise to an adder, originally a nadder.
		The color orange 'a color in the spectrum between red and yellow' comes from the appearance of the fruit.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19980408 (231 words)

	Orange (word) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Look up orange in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
		Though some pronounce it (IPA pronunciation: [ɔ'rendʒ],[ɒ'rendʒ]), the European pronunciation is [ɔ'rɪndʒ],[ɒ'rɪndʒ], meaning that any word ending with the sound [ɪndʒ] would rhyme with orange.
		Another word that ryhmes with orange is sporange, the stuff that comes out of your penis after you sperm.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orange_(word) (931 words)

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