tanagra zena

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“tanagra zena” is listed under Orange.

Origin: F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. nāranj, Per. nāranj, nārang; cf. Skr. nāranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.

1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (Citrus Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe.

☞ 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.

2. Botany The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.

3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.

Mandarin orange. See Mandarin. — Mock orange Botany, any species of shrubs of the genus Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms. — Native orange, or Orange thorn Botany, an Australian shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow berries. — Orange bird Zoology, a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena); — so called from its bright orange breast. — Orange cowry Zoology, a large, handsome cowry (Cypraea aurantia), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity. — Orange grass Botany, an inconspicuous annual American plant (Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow flowers. — Orange oil Chemistry, an oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers. — Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea. — Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor. — Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito. — Orange scale Zoology any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale (Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale (Mytilaspis Gloveri), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii).

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54