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tan⋅ge⋅rine

  [tan-juh-reen, tan-juh-reen]
–noun
1. Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, esp. in the U.S.
2. deep orange; reddish orange.
–adjective
3. of the color tangerine; reddish-orange.
Origin:
Tang(i)er + -ine 1
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mandarin orange  
n.  

  1. A small spiny evergreen tree (Citrus reticulata) native to southeast Asia, having sweet edible fruit.

  2. The small, loose-skinned, orange-yellow to deep orange-red fruit of this tree.


[French mandarine, from Spanish mandarina, feminine of mandarín, mandarin; see mandarin.]
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