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mandarin
 
Noun mandarin has 6 senses
  1. mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata - 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
    --1 is a kind of citrus, citrus tree
    --1 is a member of genus Citrus
    --1 has parts: mandarin, mandarin orange
    --1 has particulars:
     tangerine, tangerine tree; clementine, clementine tree; satsuma, satsuma tree
  2. mandarin - a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
    --2 is a kind of     elitist
  3. mandarin - any high government official or bureaucrat
    --3 is a kind of     official, functionary
  4. mandarin - a high public official of imperial China
    --4 is a kind of     Chinese
  5. mandarin, mandarin orange - a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose-skinned citrus of China
    --5 is a kind of citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit
    --5 is a part of
     mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata
     --5 has particulars: clementine; satsuma; tangerine
  6. Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Beijing dialect - the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
    --6 is a kind of Chinese
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