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

/ ˌtændʒəˈriːn /

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

3. 1. a reddish-orange colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a tangerine door

Word History and Origins

Origin of tangerine¹

Tang(i)er + -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tangerine¹

C19: from _Tangier

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.”

From Los Angeles Times