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tangerine |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tangerine \Tan"ger*ine`\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) 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. [Written also {tangierine}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tangerine adj : of a strong reddish orange color n 1: a variety of mandarin orange [syn: {tangerine tree}] 2: any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa 3: a reddish to vivid orange color
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