blood orange

noun

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

blood orange

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of blood orange¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Now, slices of her slab cakes sell out in minutes, and people drive across Los Angeles for whole cakes in blood orange and carrot, crowned with minimalist flourishes of buttercream and delicate edible flower petals.

From Eater

Salt, spice, acidity, herbs, floral essences and tea soften sweeter flavors like milk chocolate and render others, like blood orange, almost savory.

From Washington Post

Champagne Royale Take the most delicious fruit in season, such as blood orange, ripe pears or mandarins.

From The Daily Beast

Honey helps job interviews go down easy, and tangy blood orange sharpens all the ideas you bring to the table.

From The Daily Beast

Add the blood orange segments, pomegranate seeds, and fennel fronds and toss gently to mix.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

Outside, by the cracked pool, it was coming on slow twilight and that magic, tropical blood-orange sky like a swirl of sorbet.

From Project Gutenberg

The field is a rich shade of red verging toward the hue of a blood orange, and again gleaming with far deeper shades.

From Project Gutenberg

Like the passing of a shutter across a calcium light: now blinding white, now blood-orange.

From Project Gutenberg