MANDARIN ORANGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mandarin orange mean? 

• MANDARIN ORANGE (noun)
  The noun MANDARIN ORANGE has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: MANDARIN ORANGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANDARIN ORANGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Citrus reticulata; mandarin; mandarin orange; mandarin orange tree

Hypernyms ("mandarin orange" is a kind of...):

citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)

Meronyms (parts of "mandarin orange"):

mandarin; mandarin orange (a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mandarin orange"):

tangerine; tangerine tree (a variety of mandarin orange)

clementine; clementine tree (a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa)

satsuma; satsuma tree (a variety of mandarin orange)

Holonyms ("mandarin orange" is a member of...):

genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

mandarin; mandarin orange

Hypernyms ("mandarin orange" is a kind of...):

citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit (any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mandarin orange"):

clementine (a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds)

satsuma (medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin)

tangerine (any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa)

Holonyms ("mandarin orange" is a part of...):

Citrus reticulata; mandarin; mandarin orange; mandarin orange tree (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)