orange meaning and origin: The colour borrowed a fruit

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The English fruit sense precedes the colour sense. People could see the colour before using this name for it.

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noun / adjective · the fruit; its colour; orange-coloured

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The fruit

The English fruit sense precedes the colour sense. People could see the colour before using this name for it.