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tangerine

[tan-juh-reen, tan-juh-reen] / ˌtæn dʒəˈrin, ˈtæn dʒəˌrin /


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There are also around 16 fruit trees on the property—including orange, tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, and lime trees—as well as a brick-enclosed vegetable garden.

From MarketWatch Sep. 23, 2026

Whether your preference is melon, tangerine, ginger or coral - orange appears to be the big colour trend for next year.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

This ageworthy bottling delivers big acidity, with notes of lime zest, white blossom, tangerine and grilled lemon.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Or a whole tangerine and an entire avocado toast, as opposed to a sliver?

From Salon May 17, 2026

She spent hours on the riverbank with her little plastic transistor shaped like a tangerine.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Farmers grow passion fruit, pomegranates and tangerines, and islanders relish a fiery shochu liquor made with brown sugar.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Citrus lingers — oranges, grapefruit, tangerines — holding onto the last of their brightness like a lantern carried through fog.

From Salon Mar. 1, 2026

Or, if you’ve ever been to Ojai, you’ll know the sweet, citrusy scent of Pixie tangerines that lingers in the air.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2024

“Today I ate chips, tangerines and this thing that looked like chili but without the meat - just beans,” the 12-year-old said after lunch on a Friday at I.S.

From Washington Times Nov. 16, 2023

It was located in the heart of southern California’s citrus belt, an area that produced almost all of the state’s oranges, lemons, and tangerines.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser




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