blood orange

American  

noun

• blood oranges
  plural

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

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blood orange British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• blood oranges
  plural

Etymology

Origin of blood orange

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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blood orange

One study showed that drinking blood orange juice for a month increased the number of gut bacteria that produce short-chain fatty acids.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

That leaves “Beef,” Lee Sung Jin’s anthology series about enmity, envy and the multiple ways that blood orange juice can be made, as the presumptive front-runner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

I used blood orange and lemon, scraping their zest and squeezing their juice into the batter, which is enriched with more than a half-cup of olive oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Give me citrus galore: preserved lemon, blood orange, clementine.

From Salon ● May 31, 2025

"Where is everyone?" her sister wanted to know as she ripped the skin from a blood orange.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin