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Noun mandarin has 6 senses

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
mandarin - a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
--₂ is a kind of elitist
mandarin - any high government official or bureaucrat
--₃ is a kind of official, functionary
mandarin - a high public official of imperial China
--₄ is a kind of Chinese
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
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