English dictionary
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English noun: mandarin | |||
| 1. | mandarin (plant) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | Citrus reticulata, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | citrus, citrus tree | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clementine, clementine tree, satsuma, satsuma tree, tangerine, tangerine tree | ||
| Part holonym | mandarin, mandarin orange | ||
| Member meronym | genus Citrus | ||
| 2. | mandarin (person) a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | elitist | ||
| 3. | mandarin (person) any high government official or bureaucrat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | functionary, official | ||
| 4. | mandarin (person) a high public official of imperial China | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Chinese | ||
| 5. | mandarin (food) a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China | ||
| Synonyms | mandarin orange | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clementine, satsuma, tangerine | ||
| Part meronym | Citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree | ||
| 6. | Mandarin (communication) the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China | ||
| Synonyms | Beijing dialect, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Chinese | ||
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