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.