orange tip

noun

Any of various pierid butterflies having orange tips to the upper forewings, especially Anthocharis cardamines, of Eurasia.

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Meanings

nounorange tip (plural orange tips)

plural orange tips

  1. Any of various pierid butterflies having orange tips to the upper forewings, especially Anthocharis cardamines, of Eurasia.

    Most of us have a favourite first that signifies the true beginning of spring. For me, it’s the first orange tip.

    2018 April 27, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 紅襟粉蝶 /红襟粉蝶
  • 紅襟粉蝶 /红襟粉蝶 (hóngjīnfěndié)butterfly
Finnish auroraperhonen
  • auroraperhonenbutterfly
German Aurorafalter
  • Aurorafalterbutterfly
Hungarian hajnalpírlepke
  • hajnalpírlepkebutterfly
Japanese 雲間褄黄蝶, クモマツマキチョウ
  • 雲間褄黄蝶 (kumomatsumakichō)butterfly
  • クモマツマキチョウ (kumomatsumakichō)butterfly
Korean 유럽갈고리나비
  • 유럽갈고리나비 (yureopgalgorinabi)butterfly
Turkish turuncu süslü
  • turuncu süslübutterfly
Cite this entry
APA

orange tip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orange%20tip

MLA

“orange tip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orange%20tip. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orange tip,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orange%20tip.

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