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tangerine

[tan-juh-reen, tan-juh-reen]

noun

  1. Also called mandarin, mandarin orange.any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.

  2. deep orange; reddish orange.



adjective

  1. of the color tangerine; reddish-orange.

tangerine

/ ˌæԻəˈː /

noun

  1. an Asian citrus tree, Citrus reticulata, cultivated for its small edible orange-like fruits

  2. the fruit of this tree, having a loose rind and sweet spicy flesh

    1. a reddish-orange colour

    2. ( as adjective )

      a tangerine door

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tangerine1

C19: from Tangier
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A recently installed waterfall runs over stones, creating a soundtrack to a tranquil courtyard that’s bursting with spring blooms in tangerine and magenta and mustard.

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An array of whole peeled tangerines, strawberries, hawthorn berries and green and red grapes glistened on my phone screen like jewels you only admire but can’t touch.

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One is a Pixie tangerine that just never took and that I’m going to put out of its proverbial misery — it happens.

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He persisted , and slowly, a group formed that picked 800 pounds of fruit off his neighbor’s tangerine and orange trees, and identified many more that needed picking.

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The papers took pains to note that Wyman came to court “hatless, her hair in a pageboy bob. She wore a tangerine gabardine shirt-maker dress.”

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