Tan|ge|rine

Tan|ge|rine
tan|ge|rine «TAN juh REEN», noun.
1. a small, deep-colored citrus fruit with a very loose peel and segments that separate easily. A tangerine has a sweet, spicy pulp. It is a variety of mandarin which is much grown in the United States.
2. a deep, slightly reddish-orange color.
[< French Tanger Tangier, a seaport in North Africa (where these fruits were first obtained) + English -ine1]
Tan|ge|rine «TAN juh REEN», noun, adjective.
–n.
a native of Tangier.
–adj.
of or having to do with Tangier or its people.

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