Tangerine, << `tan` juh REEN, >> is the popular name for a citrus fruit of the mandarin group. These fruits look like oranges. But tangerines are smaller and flatter. They peel more easily than oranges do, and the sections separate more readily. The tangerine is an orange-red mandarin fruit that originated in Southeast Asia. It has a thin, fragrant peel. The fruit of the tangerine is delicate, but the tree is more resistant to cold than is the orange tree. Varieties of tangerines include Clementine, Dancy, Ponkan, and such hybrid varieties as Kinnow, Robinson, Sunburst, and Wilking. In the United States, tangerines grow in Arizona, California, and Florida. Tangerines also grow in Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, and Spain.
