TANGERINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tangerine mean? 

• TANGERINE (noun)
  The noun TANGERINE has 3 senses:

1. a variety of mandarin orange

2. any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa

3. a reddish to vivid orange color

  Familiarity information: TANGERINE used as a noun is uncommon.

• TANGERINE (adjective)
  The adjective TANGERINE has 1 sense:

1. of a strong reddish orange color

  Familiarity information: TANGERINE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANGERINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of mandarin orange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

tangerine; tangerine tree

Hypernyms ("tangerine" is a kind of...):

Citrus reticulata; mandarin; mandarin orange; mandarin orange tree (shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia)

Meronyms (parts of "tangerine"):

tangerine (any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("tangerine" is a kind of...):

mandarin; mandarin orange (a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China)

Holonyms ("tangerine" is a part of...):

tangerine; tangerine tree (a variety of mandarin orange)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A reddish to vivid orange color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("tangerine" is a kind of...):

reddish orange (an orange color closer to red than to yellow)

• TANGERINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a strong reddish orange color

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

 Context examples 

Besides vitamin C, E and other phytochemicals, carrot/Jilin ginseng/licorice root/tangerine peel/soy beverage contains a high amount of soy protein.

(Carrot/Jilin Ginseng/Licorice Root/Tangerine Peel/Soy Beverage, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to other herbs, seeds and fruits, blue citrus-based herbal capsule contains the Chinese herb blue citrus (qing pi), which is produced from the dried immature green peel of the tangerine Citrus reticulata Blanco.

(Blue Citrus-Based Herbal Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)

A soy-based powdered nutritional supplement drink containing carrot, Jilin ginseng, licorice root and tangerine peel with potential antioxidant, immunomodulating and protective activities.

(Carrot/Jilin Ginseng/Licorice Root/Tangerine Peel/Soy Beverage, NCI Thesaurus)