"tangerine" in the noun sense
1. tangerine, tangerine tree
a variety of mandarin orange
2. tangerine
any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa
3. tangerine
a reddish to vivid orange color
"tangerine" in the adjective sense
1. tangerine
of a strong reddish orange color
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