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The grocers put a thin wax coating on the exterior of the fruit to make it look more appealing.

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Q: Why are the oranges that you buy in the store bright orange colored while the ones you pick off of trees are dull in color?
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Are oranges called oranges because they are orange or is orange called orange because oranges are orange?

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