noun
tangerine
TAN-juh-reen
noun
1
A small, sweet citrus fruit with loose, easy-to-peel orange skin, related to the mandarin.
"She peeled a tangerine for the kids' lunchboxes."
2
A deep orange color like that of the fruit.
"The walls were painted a warm tangerine."
adj
1
Of a deep, vivid orange color.
"She wore a tangerine dress to the party."
How to Use Tangerine
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA sweet, easy-peel citrus fruit, or the bright orange color named after it.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
tangerine peel
tangerine color
Word Forms
tangerines plural, Tangerines plural
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Etymology
Named after Tangier, Morocco, the port through which the fruit was originally exported to Europe.