tangerine

Meanings

Plural: tangerines

Noun

• a variety of mandarin orange
• any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa
• a reddish to vivid orange color
• A 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.
• A tree that produces tangerines.

Adjective Satellite

• of a strong reddish orange color

Adj

• Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

Synonyms

Citrus tangerina, tangerine tree

Related Words

clementine, mandarine, minneola, nartjie, ortanique, satsuma, ugli, ugli fruit, Van der Hum

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