(n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.
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Tangerine
Definition:
(n.) 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.
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(1) On one side of the road stands an orderly row of RDP houses, their gable ends neatly rendered in pastel shades of peach and tangerine.
(2) After adjusting for known etiological factors, risks decreased with increasing intake of fruits, particularly oranges and tangerines, and some vegetables, including dark yellow vegetables and Chinese white radish.
(3) The victory continued the Tangerines impressive form of late, extending their unbeaten run to six matches, while Crewe remain anchored at the foot of the table.
(4) He also called on the club’s fans to make their feelings known, adding: “I would like to invite Blackpool fans to write and sign an open letter for exclusion of such an attitude towards football fans.” Belokon’s comments come after Smith, who is a spokesperson for the Tangerine Knights group which published the messages on their Facebook page, insisted Oyston’s position had become “untenable”.
(5) Sky Sports News reckon Newcastle United are also interested in the prize Tangerine.
(6) All of it – from a tangerine drop-waist silk dress, to a vintage Chloe-esque pleated design – was fresh and young, with a winsome early-60s nod that has been present in VVB since its inception.
(7) Dietary analyses revealed a significant protective effect of consumption of allium vegetables, oranges and tangerines, with a 50% reduced risk of nasal cancer among individuals in the highest intake group of these foods.
(8) In the region of the original tumour there was a conglomerate of adhesions in a size of tangerine.
(9) This black box office boom trickled down to other high scorers like Creed and Beyond The Lights, and a film like Tangerine becoming a critical darling (though another Oscar snub).
(10) Surgery began and a tumor about the size of a tangerine was found and removed.
(11) At that moment, a solo tangerine seems like a brilliant prospect.
(12) Recipe supplied by Olia Hercules; oliahercules.com Lemon and tangerine curd Tart and not too sweet, this citrus curd is like spoonfuls of sunshine shipped in from a place where your car easily starts in the morning and the tiny hairs in your nose don't freeze the moment you walk outside.
(13) Some describe its oil profile as fresh crushed gooseberries; others say they get more passion-fruit and tangerines.
(14) Hotly tipped comedy Tangerine, with its trans cast, was also absent.
(15) And then there is that extraordinary hair, a bob that glows like a Christmas tangerine.
(16) It is an arresting beer, with a profound tangerine flavour coming through amid the expected accents of lemon and resinous bitterness.
(17) It was confirmed that in all the cases, the aerobic degradation of ascorbic acid follows a kinetic first order and that the values of the reaction rate are different between species and even between varieties of lemon and tangerine.
(18) I'm told it's a clementine, rather than a satsuma, or a tangerine.
(19) He tried to get us then and they were the first moments of what eventually happened on the weekend.” A second man, whose three-week-old groin wound seeped a tangerine slime, said that Jisr al-Shughour and the Sunni Arab area that surrounds it has long been considered by the Assad regime, which is made up of a clan all from a minority Alawite Muslim sect, to be potentially disloyal.
(20) I'm rooting for Houston, as I prefer to think that they play in tangerine like the world-famous Dundee United FC.