orange peel noun5 •The skin of an orange, including the pith. •An uneven surface resembling orange peel, especially cellulite or an imperfect finish on a spray-painted object such as a car. •A surface defect in which sheet metal has a rough texture, similar to an orange peel, due to the metal grains being relatively large. •A color between orange and amber, like that of an orange peel. •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 formsorange peels · orange-peels