1.
[syn: tangerine, tangerine tree]
2. any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa;
3. a reddish to vivid orange color;
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of a strong reddish orange color;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mandarin \Man`da*rin"\, n. [Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantr[imac]
minister of state, prop. a Hind. word, fr. Skr. mantrin a
counselor, manira a counsel, man to think.]
1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military
official in China and Annam.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence: A powerful government official or bureaucrat,
especially one who is pedantic and has a strong sense of
his own importance and privelege.
[PJC]
3. Hence: A member of an influential, powerful or elite
group, espcially within artistic or intellectual circles;
-- used especially of elder members who are traditionalist
or conservative about their specialties.
[PJC]
5. The form of the Chinese language spoken by members of the
Chinese Imperial Court an officials of the empire.
[PJC]
6. Any of several closely related dialects of the Chinese
language spoken by a mojority of the population of China,
the standard variety of which is spoken in the region
around Beijing.
[PJC]
7. (Bot.) A small flattish reddish-orange loose-skinned
orange, with an easily separable rind. It is thought to be
of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species
(Citrus reticulata formerly Citrus nobilis); called
also mandarin orange and tangerine.
[1913 Webster]
Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of
educated people in China.
Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff
used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex
derivative of quinoline.
[1913 Webster]
The 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled]
Syn: colourful.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn,
reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful,
blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary,
canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored,
earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender,
lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel,
brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae
bluish-black or gray-blue); coral; creamy; cress
green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey,
honey-colored; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tangerine
adj 1: of a strong reddish orange color
n 1: a variety of mandarin orange [syn: tangerine, tangerine
tree]
2: any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United
States and southern Africa
3: a reddish to vivid orange color
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Tangerine, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
Population (2000): 826
Housing Units (2000): 348
Land area (2000): 1.153791 sq. miles (2.988305 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.649145 sq. miles (1.681277 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.802936 sq. miles (4.669582 sq. km)
FIPS code: 71100
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.758581 N, 81.631852 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tangerine, FL
Tangerine