tangerine
tangerine Lexical Profile
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• noun
A small, sweet citrus fruit that is a variety of the mandarin orange, typically having a loose, easily peeled deep orange-red skin.
"He peeled a tangerine and offered half of the segments to his daughter."
A deep, vivid orange-red color resembling the skin of the fruit.
"The evening sky was painted in striking shades of tangerine and violet as the sun dipped below the horizon."
The small citrus tree that bears tangerines, native to Southeast Asia but cultivated globally in warm and subtropical climates.
"They planted a young tangerine in their backyard orchard alongside the lemon and grapefruit trees."
• adjective
Having a deep, vivid orange-red color.
"She decorated the sunroom with bright tangerine throw pillows to create a warm, inviting atmosphere."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from 'Tangier', a major seaport in Morocco, combined with the suffix '-ine'. The fruit was so named in the 1840s because it was originally imported to Europe and North America from this Moroccan city.
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