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orangetip

orangetip is the alternative spelling of orange tip.

Meaning of orange tip

Noun

orange tip (plural orange tips)

  1. Any of various pierid butterflies having orange tips to the upper forewings, especially Anthocharis cardamines, of Eurasia.
    • Most of us have a favourite first that signifies the true beginning of spring. For me, it’s the first orange tip.2018 April 27, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian

Forms of orangetip

pluralorangetips

Questions about orangetip

What is orangetip the alternative spelling of?
Orangetip is the alternative spelling of orange tip.

Words near orangetip in the dictionary

  1. oranges with oranges
  2. orangespotted
  3. orangest
  4. orangetini
  5. orangetinis
  6. orangetip
  7. orangetips
  8. Orangetown
  9. orangette
  10. orangettes
  11. Orangevale

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orangetip (page history and authors); orange tip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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