if an orange wasnt called an orange what would it be called?

Question

its the only object to my knowledge that is called after a colour. where does the name come from

Answer 1

George a.k.a. the round dark yellowy goldeny citrusy type thing ......

Answer 2

Lemon and olive and apricot are called after a colour.

The colour is named after the orange fruit. Before this was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which translates into Modern English variously as yellow-red, yellowred, or yellored (all pronounced the same).

Answer 3

It would be called a 'Juicy-dimplefruit'!

There are, as people have already pointed out, lots of objects named simply with their colour.

The word orange comes from Middle English, from Old French pume orenge, translation and alteration (influenced by Orenge Orange, a town in France), of Old Italian melarancio mela, fruit + arancio, orange tree (alteration of Arabic nranj, from Persian nrang, from Sanskrit nraga, possibly of Dravidian origin).]

Answer 4

sunkist thats what i would call it
you could read this to further answer your question
Orange—specifically, sweet orange—refers to the citrus tree Citrus sinensis (syn. Citrus aurantium L. var. dulcis L., or Citrus aurantium Risso) and its fruit. The orange is a hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and tangerine (Citrus reticulata). It is a small tree, growing to about 10 m tall, with thorny shoots and evergreen leaves 4-10 cm long.

The word "orange" ultimately comes from Sanskrit narang. Oranges originated in southeast Asia, in either India, Pakistan, Vietnam or southern China. The fruit of Citrus sinensis is called sweet orange to distinguish it from Citrus aurantium, the bitter orange. In a number of languages, it is known as a "Chinese apple" (e.g. Dutch Sinaasappel (China's apple)).

Answer 5

It would be called Orange Coloured Fruit wouldn't it? It's not very imaginative is it, it's like a fly being called a fly because they fly!

Answer 6

Lemon, lime, apricots blueberries are all called after a colour too, if oranges weren't oranges then maybe they could be called juicyfruit.

Answer 7

A Delmonte

A Jaffa

A strange parsnip

A giant Tangerine with tight clothes.

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Answer 8

Bob

Answer 9

It would be called a round.

Answer 10

It would be called sweetfruit.