tangerine
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See also: Tangerine
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French Tanger + -ine, after Tangier, Morocco.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tangerine (plural tangerines)
- An slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange.
- A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
- 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 343:
- The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head.
- tangerine:
- A tree that produces tangerines.
- Synonym: Citrus tangerina
- Hypernym: mandarin orange
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
fruit
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colour
tree
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Adjective[edit]
tangerine
- Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.
Translations[edit]
colour
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