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1. 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
   - mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata
    
2. A member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
    
3. Any high government official or bureaucrat
    
4. A high public official of imperial China
    
5. A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
   - mandarin orange

1. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
   - Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Beijing dialect

Derived forms: mandarins

Type of: Chinese, citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit, citrus tree, elitist, élitist [Brit], functionary, official

Part of: genus Citrus

Encyclopedia: Mandarin, Jacksonville, FL