mandarin
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- noun
- /ˈmændərɪn/
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mandarina
- He picked a sweet mandarin from the tree and enjoyed its juicy flavor.
- mandarin orange
OK, Top notes here are Mandarin, Peach, Lily, amber and Musk.
- OK, Top notes here are Mandarin, Peach, Lily, amber and Musk.
Examples
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No, that's actually a really mild mandarin orange.
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In the morning, Sylvia eats only a little mandarin orange.
Fiction book (1994) -
And she eats a mandarin orange before she leaves in the morning.
Fiction book (1994) -
The juice of mandarin oranges?
Fiction book (1996) -
We didn't finish it three days ago and stuck it in the fridge, leaving no room for the box of mandarin oranges.
Fiction book (1992) -
My grandmother raised produce in her garden: mandarins, kumquats, tomatoes, and cauliflower.
Fiction book (2001) -
The day after the first snow, I stand in the canned fruit and vegetable aisle, looking at the cans of mandarin oranges in the cart.
Fiction book (1998) -
Tangerines, more correctly known as mandarin oranges, are the sweetest citrus of all.
Blog text (24) -
Arriving at their camp in the Sahara Desert, the Germans pitched their tents, then relaxed in the sun drinking coffee and eating mandarin oranges.
Fiction book (1996) -
I've done similar and added toasted salted walnuts, mandarin orange slices, and slivered jalapenos.
Blog text (4)
Synonyms
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A small sweet orange fruit with skin you can peel easily
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A small sweet orange fruit that is easy to peel
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A sweet mandarin orange with thin skin that is easy to peel
A small tree that makes sweet mandarin oranges with thin, easy to peel skin
A small tree from Southeast Asia that grows sweet, easy-to-peel orange fruit
A small evergreen tree that produces sweet orange fruit like mandarins
Compounds
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The main form of Chinese spoken in Beijing and used as China's official language
The main form of Chinese spoken in Beijing and used as China's official language
A small tree from Southeast Asia that grows sweet, easy-to-peel orange fruit
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Mandarin for the fruit probably comes from Portuguese mandarim, because people thought the fruit's bright orange skin looked like the bright 'robes' worn by Chinese mandarins. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the orange fruit and the orange robe as the same colour.