blood orange

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of blood orange

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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

I just picked my blood orange tree clean, and I’m weeks away from a bunch of egg-size Indio mandarinquats.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

There is something different lately about the olive oil Michelle Spangler buys, bottles and infuses with flavors like basil and blood orange for her store in Dallas.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2023

Her hand clenched the blood orange so hard that red juice oozed between her fingers.

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