blood orange

noun

any of various sweet oranges having a dark-red pulp.

Origin of blood orange

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby blood orange

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Example sentences from the Web for blood orange

  • His colour was curiously attractive, while partly tropical; it reminded one vaguely of a blood-orange.

    The Wisdom of Father Brown |G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for blood orange

blood orange

noun

a variety of orange all or part of the pulp of which is dark red when ripe