The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of pomelo (Citrus maxima) and sweet orange.
The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.
A light brown to brownish orange colour.
Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”)
In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
Tawny owl.
Tawny frogmouth.
The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name).
To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
Of a light brown to brownish orange colour.