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acepromazine |
an oily orange compound used to immobilize large animals, to stop nausea, and to tranquilize. |
Aldebaran |
an orange binary star in the constellation Taurus, having a combined magnitude of 0.9. |
alizarin |
a reddish orange or brownish orange chemical substance from which dyes are made. |
ambrosia |
a dessert usually made with mandarin orange slices, shredded coconut, and miniature marshmallows. [1/3 definitions] |
apricot |
a soft round fruit with fuzzy orange-pink or yellow skin. [1/3 definitions] |
Arcturus |
an orange star in the constellation Boötes, having a magnitude of zero. |
areca |
any of several tall palm trees of tropical Asia, such as the betel palm, having a smooth, slender trunk and feathery leaves and bearing red or orange nuts. [1/2 definitions] |
azobenzene |
an orange-red, nonsoluble crystalline compound obtained from nitrobenzene, used in organic synthesis, as an insecticide, and in the making of dyes. |
Baltimore oriole |
an orange and black North American songbird that builds finely woven, pendant nests. |
barberry |
any of various shrubs, often spiny, that have leathery leaves and bear clustered yellow flowers and small ovoid red-orange berries. |
beta-carotene |
a molecule of the carotene family that has a red-orange color and is abundant in plants. |
betel palm |
a tall palm tree of the Asian tropics that has feathery leaves and produces orange or red fruit and the betel nut. |
bird of paradise |
any of several brightly colored African plants, esp. a perennial cultivated for its large brilliant orange or yellow blue-tongued flower that resembles a bird. [1/2 definitions] |
bittersweet |
a climbing, woody vine found in North America, bearing orange fruit that splits open when ripe to expose red-coated seeds. [2/5 definitions] |
black-eyed Susan |
any of numerous related North American wildflowers with yellow or orange-yellow petals surrounding a dark center. |
blister rust |
any of several fungal diseases of pine trees, esp. the white pine, resulting in orange blisters on the bark. |
Boötes |
a spring constellation in the northern sky, located between Corona Borealis and Virgo and containing the bright, orange star Arcturus; Herdsman. |
bougainvillea |
any of several woody vines of the American tropics that have small inconspicuous flowers surrounded by bright red, orange, or purple bracts. |
calendula |
a plant of the composite family that bears yellow or orange flowers; pot marigold. |
cantaloupe |
any of several varieties of melon, esp. muskmelons, usu. having a hard, rough, ridged skin and orange flesh. |
carotene |
a reddish orange hydrocarbon pigment produced in orange, yellow, and dark green plant parts, and required in human nutrition as a source of vitamin A. |
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