tangerine

Noun (1)

tangerine (plural tangerines)

1. A slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange.
   • As Hiro approaches, Vitaly watches his sword uncertainly. Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 97
2. A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
   • The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head.2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 343
3. A tree that produces tangerines.

   Synonyms:

   Citrus tangerina

Adjective (1)

tangerine

1. Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Tangerine

IPA/ˈtænd͡ʒəˌɹiːn/

Tangerine

1. From, or pertaining to Tangier.
2. Of or related to Blackpool Football Club.
   • They may have finished 11 points behind West Ham and lost both league games, conceding eight goals, but the Tangerine dream remains alive. Holloway said: “We won’t get a bigger test than West Ham but we’ve got one chance. If you’d asked me last summer when I lost all those players I’d have said...2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph

Noun (2) capitalized: Tangerine

IPA/ˈtænd͡ʒəˌɹiːn/

Tangerine (plural Tangerines)

1. A native or inhabitant of Tangier.