tangerine
noun
any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
tangerines
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pluralof tangerine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To be clear: These athletes aren’t chowing on the yucky old sports gels we all know and hate, the ones that taste like tangerines and moldy baseball gloves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Each culture has its own list of special foods during the new year, including dumplings, rice cakes, spring rolls, tangerines, fish and meats.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Most of the water pumped from wells in the Central Valley supplies farms that produce a wide variety of crops, from almonds to tangerines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
Some described smelling tangerines, chlorine or cleaning agents.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
“That must go to New York, the shoes for Toulouse, the ham for Siam, the nails from Wales, and the tangerines for New Orleans.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
