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Mandarin orange   /mˈændərən ˈɔrəndʒ/   Listen
Mandarin orange

noun
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.  Synonyms: Citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange tree.
2.
A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China.  Synonym: mandarin.






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"Mandarin orange" Quotes from Famous Books



... flowers as are most esteemed in the country. Among the fruits we got at this place was the Jambo or rose apple; and, for the first time, fresh from the tree, but not yet perfectly ripe, two species of oranges, the common China and the small one usually called the Mandarin orange; pomgranates, bananas very indifferent and melons equally bad; apricots far from being equal to those of our own country; a large plumb, resembling the egg plumb, also indifferent, and peaches that might have been much ...
— Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey thr • John Barrow



Words linked to "Mandarin orange" :   citrus tree, satsuma, citrus, satsuma tree, citrus fruit, genus Citrus, citrous fruit, clementine, tangerine, mandarin, clementine tree, tangerine tree



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