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Sporange vs Orange - What's the difference?

sporange | orange |

As a noun sporange

is (dated) a sporangium.

As a verb orange is

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As an adjective orange is

orangey.

sporange

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated) A sporangium.
  • * 1880 , John Nietner, The Coffee Tree and its Enemies , page 28
    • The most immature of the sporanges have few or no papillae on them.
  • * 1901 , Deane Bret Swingle, "Formation of spores in the sporanges of Rhizopus Nigricans ", page 25
    • If this were the cause we should expect to find the layer of denser plasm at the base of the sporange' as well as on the sides and top, as we have no evidence that evaporation does not go on from the part of the ' sporange just around the sporangiophore as well as from the rest of its surface.

    orange

    English

    (wikipedia orange)

    Usage notes

    * It is commonly believed that “orange” has no rhymes. While there are no commonly used English dictionary words that rhyme exactly with “orange” (“door-hinge” comes close in US pronunciation), the English surname Gorringe is a rhyme, at least in UK pronunciation. See

    Noun

  • An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus'' such as ''Citrus sinensis .
  • The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
  • The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
  • Orange juice, or orange coloured and flavoured cordial.

    • Derived terms

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.

    • Antonyms

    * (having orange as its colour) nonorange

    Verb

    (orang)
  • To color orange.
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  • To become orange.
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    • See also

    * citrus * clementine * Cointreau * * mandarin * marmalade * murcott * naartjie * ortanique * pomander * satsuma * satsuma mandarin * satsuma tangerine * secondary colour * tangerine * triple sec * zest *

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