mandarin

noun

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

   noun.plant

   Synonyms citrus reticulata mandarin orange mandarin orange tree

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group

   noun.person

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. any high government official or bureaucrat

   noun.person

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. a high public official of imperial China

   noun.person

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.food

   Synonyms mandarin orange

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China

   noun.communication

   Synonyms beijing dialect mandarin chinese mandarin dialect

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.

   noun

   Source: webster1913