orange tree
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- noun
- /ˈɔrɪndʒ tri/
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naranjo
- During our trip to Florida, we visited a farm with many orange trees filled with ripe oranges.
- orange tree growing
He was like a plum tree doesn't need a plum, an apple tree doesn't need apples, an orange tree doesn't need oranges.
- He was like a plum tree doesn't need a plum, an apple tree doesn't need apples, an orange tree doesn't need oranges.
- Orange blotches the wild orange trees, garbled green the lime trees.
Examples
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Orange trees, bearing fruit, lined the sidewalks and hung over the walls of houses.
Fiction book (2000) -
Already the living room smelled less of stale cordials and cigar ash as the orange trees, jostled by the move, gave off their fragrance.
Fiction book (1990) -
I hope they have an orange tree.
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We had an orange tree.
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The orange trees experienced similar problems; their fruit suffered from the winter.
Academic text (2009) -
Planted an orange tree in the backyard.
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Back then, he said, the field contained orange trees that bore fruit of renowned sweetness.
Academic text (2007) -
In northern Camaguey province, I saw expanses of orange trees loaded with ripe fruit dropping to the ground.
Academic text (1998) -
In the courtyard, blue jays and sparrows were twittering in the branches of an orange tree.
Fiction book (2000) -
In my grandmother's yard, there is an orange tree that produces sweet fruit every summer.
Synonyms
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A tree that grows round sweet fruits you peel
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A tree that grows juicy fruits like oranges, lemons, or limes
A tree that makes sweet oranges eaten fresh or made into juice
A tree that grows sweet oranges used for eating and making juice
A large orange tree that makes big, sweet fruit easy to peel
A tree that produces sour oranges used for marmalade and grafting
An orange tree with bitter fruit used for marmalade and flavoring
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Morphology
The meaning 'a tree that produces oranges' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'orange' (the fruit) with 'tree' (a plant), so the composite denotes a tree bearing that fruit. This simple noun–noun compounding is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English composition, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Orange tree comes from the simple idea of naming a plant by its fruit: orange, the fruit, and tree, the plant. People pointed to the tree that grew bright oranges, so orange tree now means 'a tree that produces oranges'.