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1. n. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.
2. n. A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus nobilis)mandarin orange; tangerine --.
3. n. the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
4. n. 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
5. n. a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
6. n. any high government official or bureaucrat
7. n. a high public official of imperial China
8. n. a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
9. 1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam. 2. (Bot.) A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus nobilis)mandarin orange; tangerine. Mandarin duck (Zoöl.), a beautiful Asiatic duck (Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection. -- Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of educated people in China. -- Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline.
10. A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to beof Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrusnobilis)mandarin orange; tangerine. Mandarin duck (Zoöl.), abeautiful Asiatic duck (Dendronessa galericulata), oftendomesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugalaffection.-- Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of educatedpeople in China.-- Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used forcoloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative ofquinoline.
11. n:100 n. 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 n. a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group n. any high government official or bureaucrat n. a high public official of imperial China