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Citrus reticulata vs tangerine

tangerine vs Citrus reticulata

Citrus reticulata and tangerine both are nouns.

Citrus reticulata is not an adjective while tangerine is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Citrus reticulata Yes No No No
tangerine Yes Yes No No
As nouns, tangerine is a hyponym of Citrus reticulata; that is, tangerine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Citrus reticulata:
  • Citrus reticulata: shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
  • tangerine: a variety of mandarin orange, known in Telugu and Portugal as kamala kaya and in Australia as a mandarin
Other hyponyms of Citrus reticulata include tangerine tree, clementine, clementine tree, satsuma, satsuma tree.
Citrus reticulata (noun) tangerine (noun)
shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia a reddish to vivid orange color
any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa
a variety of mandarin orange, known in Telugu and Portugal as kamala kaya and in Australia as a mandarin
Citrus reticulata (adjective) tangerine (adjective)
of a strong reddish orange color
Difference between Citrus reticulata and tangerine

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