Oriental
- Adjective. in, of or otherwise related to the Orient.
- Adjective. or, like or otherwise relating to the Oriental people and culture.
- Adjective. of or relating to the biogeographic part of Asia south of the Himalayas, including part of the Malay archipelago.
- Noun. A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient.
- Noun. A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent.
- Adjective. eastern, of the east, of or relating to the Orient especially Asiatic, but most commonly to the Far East.
- Adjective. ''(zoölogy), capitalized:'' a zoögeographical region of southeast Asia.
- Adjective. of orient pearls, relating to orient lustre in a pearl.
- Noun. '''Oriental''' (capitalized) native of the East, or Asiatic, native, resident of the Orient.
- Noun. A person from the Orient, or with ancestry from the Orient.
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