orange peel

Noun

orange peel (usually uncountable, plural orange peels)

1. (countable, literally, uncountable, usually) The skin of an orange, including the pith.
2. (usually) An uneven surface resembling orange peel, especially cellulite or an imperfect finish on a spray-painted object such as a car.
   1. (usually) A surface defect in which sheet metal has a rough texture, similar to an orange peel, due to the metal grains being relatively large.
      • Grain-size numbers of 5 and lower can create a visual surface problem called orange peel. Remember that the grain boundaries are stronger than the grain interior. When the steel is stretched to large strain levels, the grain boundaries resist deformation and allow the core of the grain to deform...2011 February 1, Stuart Keeler, “Why Sheetmetal Grain Size is Important”, in MetalForming Magazine, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2022
3. (usually) A color between orange and amber, like that of an orange peel.
4. (usually) A common name of a species of Clematis indigenous to eastern Eurasia, Clematis orientalis.
   • Orange Peel is the finest cultivar with good-sized open lantern flowers of great substance with their characteristic thick waxy petals.1983, Gray-Wilson, Christopher & Matthews, Victoria, Gardening with Climbers, Collins, page 78