tangerine

Etymology

From French Tanger + -ine, after Tangier, Morocco.

noun

  1. Any of several varieties of mandarin oranges.
  2. A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
    The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head. 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 343
    tangerine:
  3. A tree that produces tangerines.

adj

  1. Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

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