tangierine

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tangierine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tangerine \Tan"ger*ine`\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
     A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color
     and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in
     America from the mandarin. [Written also tangierine.]
     [1913 Webster]