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Are oranges named oranges because oranges are orange, or is orange named orange because oranges are orange?????
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Are oranges named oranges because oranges are orange, or is orange named orange because oranges are orange?????

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the fruit orange was named orange after the color orange
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Oranges the fruit were named because of the color orange.

Hope this helps *smiles*
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