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What's the difference between orange and tangerine?



 
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What's the difference between orange and tangerine? #1 (permalink) Fri Feb 08, 2008 16:02 pm   What's the difference between orange and tangerine?
 

Hi,guys

Some of my friends,including myself,got confused of which one is orange or tangerine. Because as I know, the appearance of them are very similar,I think. So I simply want to confirm if I am correct. I found out some photos on the Internet.

Tangerine:the following photo is tangerine

http://bp3.blogger.com/_PyHuRBkJ5aM/R6xrXqSvtVI/AAAAAAAAAEo/CLAX8QynymA/s1600-h/tangerine.jpg

Orange:the following photo is orange

http://bp1.blogger.com/_PyHuRBkJ5aM/R6xrRKSvtUI/AAAAAAAAAEg/SSkLr-fivtg/s1600-h/orange.jpg

Am I right?

Thanks so much for your help in advance.

Maggie^^
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What's the difference between orange and tangerine? #2 (permalink) Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:06 am   What's the difference between orange and tangerine?
 

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Tangerine: A generic name given to numerous small orange citrus fruits, more commonly known as mandarins. Satsumas are simply a different variety and clementines are a hybrid between the tangerine and the sweet orange.

Orange: The fruit of a tree of the genus citrus (Citrus Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, enclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe. There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a second orange embedded in the top of the fruit; the blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the horned orange, in which the carpels are partly separated..
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What's the difference between orange and tangerine? #3 (permalink) Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:59 am   What's the difference between orange and tangerine?
 

Hi,Mister Micawber

But base on my personal experiences, tangerine is commonly ten in number and it is enclosed in a leathery rind. I mean the rind of tangerine is usually thicker than orange. Also,tangerine is easier to peel its rind than orange. Am I right?

Thanks for your help sincerely and happy lunar new year.

Maggie^^
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What's the difference between orange and tangerine? #4 (permalink) Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:22 am   What's the difference between orange and tangerine?
 

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Tangerines are easier to peel, but rinds of both tangerines and oranges are of various thicknesses from variety to variety.
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What's the difference between orange and tangerine? #5 (permalink) Sat Feb 09, 2008 15:29 pm   What's the difference between orange and tangerine?
 

Hi, Mister Micawber

As I remember,you live in Japan,right? I wonder if you celebrate lunar new year as well? I mean I want to know if Japanese also celebrates lunar new year. And like you, you're a foreigner,do you also celebrate it like a Japanese?
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What's the difference between orange and tangerine? #6 (permalink) Sat Feb 09, 2008 15:57 pm   What's the difference between orange and tangerine?
 

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No, we do not celebrate the lunar New Year (neither Japanese nor ex-patriot). We do like to go to Chinatown for the festivities, though.
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