A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with fruit resembling the orange.
The fruit of this tree, smaller than an orange and oblate. In daily usage, it may include other similar citrus fruits like Citrus unshiu (satsuma or mikan) Citrus tangerina (tangerine).
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.