MANDARIN

Definition

1. noun 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. — synonyms: mandarin_orange, mandarin_orange_tree, Citrus_reticulata
2. noun a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group.
3. noun any high government official or bureaucrat.
4. noun a high public official of imperial China.
5. noun a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China. — synonyms: mandarin_orange
6. noun the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China. — synonyms: Mandarin_Chinese, Mandarin_dialect, Beijing_dialect