1. A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
   "He packed mandarin oranges in his lunchbox";
   - mandarin
    
2. 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
   "The children loved peeling the loose skin from mandarin oranges"; "The mandarin orange tree produced an abundant crop of easy-peeling fruit";
   - mandarin, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata

Derived forms: mandarin oranges

Type of: citrus, citrus fruit, citrus tree

Part of: genus Citrus

Encyclopedia: Mandarin orange