[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mandarin \man`darin"\, n. pg. mandarim, from malay mantrimac
   minister of state, prop. a hind. word, fr. skr. mantrin a
   counselor, manira a counsel, man to think.
   1. a chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military
      official in china and annam.
      1913 webster

   2. hence: a powerful government official or bureaucrat,
      especially one who is pedantic and has a strong sense of
      his own importance and privelege.
      pjc

   3. hence: a member of an influential, powerful or elite
      group, espcially within artistic or intellectual circles;
      -- used especially of elder members who are traditionalist
      or conservative about their specialties.
      pjc

   5. the form of the chinese language spoken by members of the
      chinese imperial court an officials of the empire.
      pjc

   6. any of several closely related dialects of the chinese
      language spoken by a mojority of the population of china,
      the standard variety of which is spoken in the region
      around beijing.
      pjc

   7. bot. a small flattish reddish-orange loose-skinned
      orange, with an easily separable rind. it is thought to be
      of chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species
      citrus reticulata formerly citrus nobilis; called
      also mandarin orange and tangerine.
      1913 webster

   mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of
      educated people in china.

   mandarin yellow chem., an artificial aniline dyestuff
      used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex
      derivative of quinoline.
      1913 webster
see also:
citrus reticulata citrus nobilis mandarin orange tangerine mandarin language mandarin yellow 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mandarin orange \man`darin" or"ange\, n.
   1. a shrub or small tree citrus reticulata 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 southeast asia.

   syn: mandarin orange tree.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. same as mandarin7.
      1913 webster
see also:
citrus reticulata mandarin 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

citrus reticulata
     n : 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 syn: mandarin, mandarin
         orange, mandarin orange tree
see also:
mandarin mandarin orange mandarin orange tree 

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