Tangerineadj.n.
/tandʒəˈriːn/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to, or native of Tangier, a seaport in Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar. Tangerine orange, a small flattened deep-coloured variety of orange originally from Tangier, Citrus nobilis variant Tangeriana.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > orange > types of orange
Seville orange1593
bigarade1658
Tangerine orange1710
mikan1727
mandarin1771
naartjie1790
blood orange1806
blood-red orange1826
Tangerine1842
navel orange1856
Florida orange1861
Bengal quince1866
noble orange1866
blood1867
satsuma1881
citrange1903
tangelo1904
sour orange1920
clementine1926
ortanique1936
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > orange > types of orange
Seville orange1593
kumquat1699
Tangerine orange1710
mikan1727
mandarin1771
naartjie1790
blood orange1806
St. Michael'sc1830
Tangerine1842
navel orange1856
Florida orange1861
Bengal quince1866
noble orange1866
blood1867
Jaffa1881
satsuma1881
navel1882
citrange1903
tangelo1904
Valencia1915
sour orange1920
clementine1926
minneola1931
ortanique1936
1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 250. ⁋3 An old Tangereen Captain with a Wooden Leg.
1841 Gardeners' Chron. 27 Nov. 781/2 The Tangerine Orange.—I beg to draw attention to the cultivation of this as a fruit for the dessert.
1882 Garden 18 Feb. 122/2 Two dishes of Tangerine Oranges.
B. n.
1. A native of Tangier.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Morocco > [noun] > part of
Tangerine1860
1860 All Year Round 1 Sept. 491 Winterfield was sold to a Tangarene.
2. Now with lower-case initial.
a. A Tangerine orange: see A.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > orange > types of orange
Seville orange1593
bigarade1658
Tangerine orange1710
mikan1727
mandarin1771
naartjie1790
blood orange1806
blood-red orange1826
Tangerine1842
navel orange1856
Florida orange1861
Bengal quince1866
noble orange1866
blood1867
satsuma1881
citrange1903
tangelo1904
sour orange1920
clementine1926
ortanique1936
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > orange > types of orange
Seville orange1593
kumquat1699
Tangerine orange1710
mikan1727
mandarin1771
naartjie1790
blood orange1806
St. Michael'sc1830
Tangerine1842
navel orange1856
Florida orange1861
Bengal quince1866
noble orange1866
blood1867
Jaffa1881
satsuma1881
navel1882
citrange1903
tangelo1904
Valencia1915
sour orange1920
clementine1926
minneola1931
ortanique1936
1842 Gardeners' Chron. 1 Jan. 6/1 The Tangerine I suspect to be only a variety of it [sc. the Mandarin Orange].
1891 Daily News 26 Dec. 5/4 There is an unusually good supply of tangerines.
1908 R. W. Chambers Firing Line vi Please get me a few tangerines—those blood-tangerines up there.
b. A deep orange colour; also attributive and in other combinations, as tangerine-coloured adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [noun] > deep orange
aurora1791
mandarin orange1877
Tangerine1899
tango1913
the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [adjective] > deep orange
tangerine-coloured1977
1899 Daily News 16 Sept. 7/3 Ruddy pink and tender amethyst, tangerine, orange, mist-grey [etc.].
1904 Daily News 6 Oct. 8/4 Taking as the colour key-note, the fashionable tangerine shade.
1977 M. Kenyon Rapist iii. 31 Shovelling sugar into his tangerine-coloured tea.
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