Definition of Mandarin orange

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Citrus Reticulata, Mandarin, Mandarin Orange Tree
Terms within: Mandarin
Group relationships: Genus Citrus
Generic synonyms: Citrus, Citrus Tree
Specialized synonyms: Tangerine, Tangerine Tree, Clementine, Clementine Tree, Satsuma, Satsuma Tree

2. Noun. A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China.
Exact synonyms: Mandarin
Generic synonyms: Citrous Fruit, Citrus, Citrus Fruit
Specialized synonyms: Clementine, Satsuma, Tangerine
Group relationships: Citrus Reticulata, Mandarin, Mandarin Orange Tree

Definition of Mandarin orange

1. Noun. (''also'' '''mandarin''') A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with fruit resembling the orange. ¹

2. Noun. (''also'' '''mandarin''') The fruit of this tree, smaller than an orange and oblate. In daily usage, it may include other similar citrus fruits like Citrus unshiu (satsuma or mikan) and Citrus tangerina (tangerine). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandarin Orange

mandalically
mandamus
mandamused
mandamuses
mandamusing
mandap
mandapa
mandarah
mandarahs
mandarin
mandarin collar
mandarin duck
mandarin ducks
mandarin fishes
mandarin orange (current term)
mandarin orange tree
mandarin oranges
mandarinate
mandarinates
mandarine
mandarines
mandarinic
mandarining
mandarinism
mandarinisms
mandarinoite
mandarins
mandataries
mandatary

Literary usage of Mandarin orange

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"mandarin orange. See orange. — Mandarin porcelain, decorative porcelain thought to be of Japanese origin, but sometimes apparently of Chinese make and ..."

2. Citrus Fruits and Their Culture by H. Harold Hume (1911)
"King mandarin orange Tree in Fruit. highly colored as Dancy, glossy; rind smooth, very -:iiB, 1-16 of an inch or slightly more in thickness; oil cells flust ..."

3. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1867)
"also some large specimens of the Emperor mandarin orange, which also testify to the excellence of the cultivation. It may be mentioned for the information ..."

4. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1891)
"The mandarin orange in question was a little tree, nine feet high and quite bushy, and had borne a good crop of oranges for at least five years. ..."

5. The New American Orchardist: Or An Account of the Most Valuable Varieties of by William Kenrick (1845)
"There are two varieties of the mandarin orange. The large variety is often five inches ... mandarin orange. (Citrus nobilis.) 3. BLOOD, or RED MALTA ORANGE. ..."

6. The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon: With Researches by Emanuel Bonavia (1888)
"It does not in the least resemble the mandarin orange tree, neither in leaf, flower, nor fruit. The leaves, as given in the plate, are immense, ..."

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