mandarin orange

mandarin orange

n.1. A small spiny evergreen tree (Citrus reticulata) native to Southeast Asia, widely cultivated for its sweet edible fruit.2. The small, loose-skinned, orange-yellow to deep orange-red fruit of this tree.

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[French mandarine, from Spanish mandarina, feminine of mandarín, mandarin; see mandarin.]

man•da•rin

(ˈmæn də rɪn)

n. 1. (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials. 2. (cap.) a. a more or less uniform spoken form of the Chinese language based loosely on the dialect of Beijing and used by officials in late imperial China. b. the group of related Chinese dialects, including Mandarin and the modern standard language, spoken in SW, central, and N China and in Manchuria. 3. a. a small spiny Chinese citrus tree, Citrus reticulata, bearing flattish orange-yellow to deep orange loose-skinned fruit. b. this fruit, some hybrid varieties of which are called tangerines. 4. an influential or powerful government official or bureaucrat. 5. a member of an elite or powerful group or class. adj. 6. of or pertaining to a mandarin or mandarins. 7. elegantly refined, as in language or taste. [1580–90; < Portuguese mandarim, < Malay məntəri « Skt mantrin councilor]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mandarin orange - shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern AsiaCitrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange treemandarin orange, mandarin - a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of Chinagenus Citrus - orange; lemon; lime; etc.citrus tree, citrus - any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rindstangerine, tangerine tree - a variety of mandarin orangeclementine, clementine tree - a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africasatsuma, satsuma tree - a variety of mandarin orange
	2.	mandarin orange - a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of Chinamandarincitrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit - any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regionsclementine - a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seedssatsuma - medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skintangerine - any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern AfricaCitrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree - shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

Translations

mandalina