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Tangerine vs Naartjie - What's the difference?

tangerine | naartjie |

As nouns the difference between tangerine and naartjie

is that tangerine is any of several varieties of mandarin oranges while naartjie is Citrus reticulata, (mandarin, satsuma, tangerine); a soft, loose-skinned tangerine.

As an adjective tangerine

is of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

tangerine

English

(wikipedia tangerine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several varieties of mandarin oranges.
  • A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
  • A tree that produces tangerines.

    • Derived terms

    * tangelo

    Adjective

  • Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

    • See also

    * clementine * mandarine * minneola * nartjie * ortanique * satsuma * ugli/ugli fruit * Van der Hum *

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    naartjie

    English

    (wikipedia naartjie)

    Alternative forms

    * naartje * nartjie

    Noun

  • (South Africa) Citrus reticulata , (mandarin, satsuma, tangerine); a soft, loose-skinned tangerine.

    • References

    * Jean Branford: A dictionary of South African English. Oxford 1978. * Google Language Tools. ----