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noun
Citrus reticulata (mandarin, satsuma, tangerine); a soft, loose-skinned tangerine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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History
From Tamil நாரத்தை (nārattai, “citron”) through Afrikaans. Has been used in South Africa since 1790. Appearing in English as naartje in 1901, in this spelling by Lawrence Green in Tavern of the Seas, 1947.
