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Noun: mandarin orange tree
  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
    "The mandarin orange tree produced an abundant crop of easy-peeling fruit";
    - mandarin, mandarin orange, Citrus reticulata

Derived forms: mandarin orange trees

Type of: citrus, citrus tree

Part of: genus Citrus