[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mandarin \man`darin"\, n. pg. mandarim, from malay mantrimac
   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
see also:
citrus reticulata citrus nobilis mandarin orange tangerine mandarin language mandarin yellow 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tangerine \tan"gerine`\, 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
see also:
tangierine 

[3] : 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; huedpostnominal; magenta;
         maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
         sea-green also see: chromatic, colored, dark,
         light.

   syn: colored, coloured, in colorpredicate.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
colorless changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot deep, rich flaming fluorescent, glowing prismatic 
psychedelic red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled dull brave, fine, gay, glorious flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained 
flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty picturesque monochrome 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 huedpostnominal magenta maroon 
pea-green russet sage, sage-green sea-green chromatic 
colored dark light 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tangerine
     adj : of a strong reddish orange color
     n 1: a variety of mandarin orange syn: tangerine tree
     2: any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the united
        states and southern africa
     3: a reddish to vivid orange color
see also:
tangerine tree 

[5] : 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

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