Mandarin orange

mandarin

mandarin Loose‐skinned citrus fruit, Citrus reticulata or C. nobilio. Varieties include satsumas and tangerines (although all three names are used indiscriminately) with various hybrids including tangelo, tangor, temple, clementine.

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mandarin

mandarin (mandarine) Type of orange popular because of its sweet flavour. The tangerine is a flattish, loose-skinned species of mandarin. Family Rutaceae; species Citrus reticulata.

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mandarin2 small kind of orange. XIX. — F. mandarine, fem. of mandarin (see prec.); prob. so named from the yellow of mandarins' costume.

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