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