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tangerine
[tan-juh-reen, tan-juh-reen]
noun
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange.any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
deep orange; reddish orange.
adjective
of the color tangerine; reddish-orange.
tangerine
/ ˌæԻəˈː /
noun
an Asian citrus tree, Citrus reticulata, cultivated for its small edible orange-like fruits
the fruit of this tree, having a loose rind and sweet spicy flesh
a reddish-orange colour
( as adjective )
a tangerine door
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tangerine1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tangerine1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
One is a Pixie tangerine that just never took and that I’m going to put out of its proverbial misery — it happens.
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.
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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