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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

/ ËŒ³Ùæ²Ô»åÏôəˈ°ù¾±Ë²Ô /

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

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tangerine1

C19: from Tangier
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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.â€

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But others, like the Hidatsa Red bean, prevalent in the Dakotas, and the Ojai Pixie tangerines grown in Southern California, are newer additions to the ever-growing catalog.

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