Word Study
tangerine
CIDE DICTIONARY
tangerine, n. [Etymol. uncertain.].
A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tangerine, n.
1 a small sweet orange-coloured citrus fruit with a thin skin; a mandarin.
2 a deep orange-yellow colour.
1 a small sweet orange-coloured citrus fruit with a thin skin; a mandarin.
2 a deep orange-yellow colour.
Etymology
Tangier in Morocco
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