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| 1. | [ noun ] (chemistry,botany,food) a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose-skinned citrus of China | |
| Synonyms: | mandarin_orange | |
| Related terms: | citrus clementine tangerine satsuma | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (Chinese) a high public official of the Chinese Empire | |
| Related terms: | Chinese | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (work) any high government official or bureaucrat | |
| Related terms: | official | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (philosophy) a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group | |
| Related terms: | elitist | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 Citrus_reticulata mandarin_orange | |
| Related terms: | citrus clementine tangerine satsuma genus_Citrus | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (linguistics,Chinese) the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China | |
| Synonyms: | Mandarin_dialect Beijing_dialect Mandarin_Chinese | |
| Related terms: | Chinese | |
| Similar spelling: |
Mandara Maeandra Manderson main_drag maunder mandril mandrel Manders mandrill mandrake |
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