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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.

2. Noun. A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China.

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

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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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