: a cultivated sweet orange having fruit with usually red pulp
also: its fruit
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Scarred and blemished grapefruits and blood oranges are falling off his trees, Schmidt told KSEE.—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026 For the starting course, choose a winter citrus salad with blood oranges or a warm winter slaw with a botanical, honey-dijon vinaigrette.—Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2026 The sablefish plate comes with a blood orange miso glaze, Japanese turnips, baby bok choy, kabocha squash and tangerine.—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025 Chase Infiniti arrived carrying all of it with her, turning heads in a blood orange Schiaparelli gown.—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood orange