noun / adjective
tangerine
TAN-juh-reen/tˌændʒɝˈin/
A small loose-skinned orange citrus fruit.
The partly peeled tangerine reveals juicy segments beneath its loose rind.
Etymology
Probably from Spanish tangerino, “of or from Tangier,” the name identifies a shipping port. The fruit was called a “Tangier orange” because it was originally imported to Britain from that Moroccan port.
In context
it's sweet it's seedless it's juicy it's easy to peel four decades of cross breeding in the making to get us the juicy crunch tangerine
More examples
- A bowl of tangerines sits on the kitchen counter.
- Fresh tangerine juice gives the dressing a sweet citrus flavor.
- I pack a tangerine in my lunch bag.
Forms
tangerine · tangerines
Similar words
- mandarin
- Broader term for small, easy-to-peel citrus fruits, including tangerines.
- clementine
- A typically seedless type of mandarin, often smaller than tangerines.