1. (noun) mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata
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
Synonyms: mandarin orange tree, mandarin orange, mandarin
2. (noun) mandarin
a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
Synonyms: mandarin orange tree, mandarin orange
3. (noun) mandarin
any high government official or bureaucrat
Synonyms: mandarin orange tree, mandarin orange
4. (noun) mandarin
a high public official of imperial China
Synonyms: mandarin orange tree, mandarin orange
5. (noun) mandarin, mandarin orange
a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
Synonyms: mandarin orange tree, mandarin orange, mandarin
6. (noun) Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Beijing dialect
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
Synonyms: mandarin orange tree, mandarin orange
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