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a clementine's sassier cousin, named after a Moroccan port that never grew them
means A small, sweet, loose-skinned orange with a slightly tart, deep-orange flesh, easily peeled by hand.
from Named for Tangier, the Moroccan port through which the fruit was shipped to Europe — hence "Tangerine orange," the orange from Tangier. The word entered English in the 19th century as a trade label, even though the fruit itself originated in East Asia and merely passed through (or was associated with) the port. So the name marks not where it grew, but where it caught a boat.
- name origin
- Tangier, Morocco — where they were shipped, not grown
- peel power
- loose skin slips off like a coat
- botanical truth
- a type of mandarin, not its own species
- color word
- named the shade before the shade named anything
mandarin orange — citrus fruit native to southeast asia, accounts for ~60% of global citrus production
tangier morocco — port city where the fruit was named after in european trade during the 16th century
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