mandarin orange

n 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 [syn: {mandarin}, {mandarin

orange tree}, {Citrus reticulata}]

2: a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose-skinned citrus of China

[syn: {mandarin}]