Meanings
nounblood orange (plural blood oranges)
plural blood oranges
- A type of orange (a variety of Citrus sinensis) notable for its dark, crimson red flesh.
Origin
Derives its name from the crimson-colored flesh.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan sanguina, taronja de sang
- sanguinatype of orange
- taronja de sangtype of orange
Chinese Mandarin 血橙
- 血橙 (xuèchéng)type of orange
Danish blodappelsin
- blodappelsintype of orange
Dutch bloedsinaasappel, bloedappelsien
- bloedsinaasappeltype of orange
- bloedappelsientype of orange
Esperanto sangoranĝo
- sangoranĝotype of orange
Finnish veriappelsiini
- veriappelsiinitype of orange
French orange sanguine
- orange sanguinetype of orange
German Blutorange, Blutapfelsine
- Blutorangetype of orange
- Blutapfelsinetype of orange
Hungarian vérnarancs
- vérnarancstype of orange
Icelandic blóðappelsína
- blóðappelsínatype of orange
Irish oráiste craorag
- oráiste craoragtype of orange
Italian arancia sanguinella
- arancia sanguinellatype of orange
Portuguese laranja-da-china
- laranja-da-chinatype of orange
Romanian portocală roșie
- portocală roșietype of orange
Russian королёк
- королёк (koroljók)type of orange
Spanish naranja sanguina
- naranja sanguinatype of orange
Swedish blodapelsin
- blodapelsintype of orange
Turkish kan portakalı
- kan portakalıtype of orange
Cite this entry
APA
blood orange. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20orange
MLA
“blood orange.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20orange. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blood orange,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20orange.
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