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The tangerine is a type of citrus fruit that is orange in color, that is considered either a variety of Citrus reticulata, the mandarin orange, or a closely related species, under the name Citrus tangerina, [1] [2] [3] or yet as a hybrid (Citrus × tangerina) of mandarin orange varieties, with some pomelo contribution.
tangerine طنجة Tanja [tˤandʒa] (listen ⓘ), city and port of Tangier in Morocco. Tangerine oranges or mandarin oranges were not introduced to the Mediterranean region until the early 19th century. [9] The English word "tangerine" arose in the UK in the early 1840s from shipments of tangerine oranges from Tangier. The word origin was in ...
Citrus × tangerina – Tangerine See also List of citrus fruits. Synonyms [2] Aurantium Mill. ... Etymology. The generic name Citrus originates from Latin, ...
The Dancy tangerine (zipper-skin tangerine, kid-glove orange) is one of the oldest and formerly most popular American citrus varieties, but is now rarely sold. [3] The Dancy originated in 1867, as a seedling grown by Colonel Francis L. Dancy. [1] [4] It was called tangerine because its parent, the Moragne tangerine, was believed to come from ...
Tangerine Beauty' has large bright red flowers flamed with soft orange, [4] and it blooms Mid-May. [5] Another cultivar is T. vvedenskyi 'Orange Sunset' [ 6 ] Etymology
Etymology In English, the colour orange is named after the appearance of the ripe orange fruit . [ 6 ] The word comes from the Old French : orange , from the old term for the fruit, pomme d'orange .
The following foods and drinks were named after places. Each non-obvious etymology is supported by a reference on the linked Wikipedia page. Food names are listed by country of the origin of the word, not necessarily where the food originated or was thought to have originated.
Mauretania Tingitana (Latin for "Tangerine Mauretania") was a Roman province, coinciding roughly with the northern part of present-day Morocco. [1] [2] The territory stretched from the northern peninsula opposite Gibraltar, to Sala Colonia (or Chellah) and Volubilis to the south, [3] and as far east as the Mulucha (or Malva) river.