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 Man·da·rin n.
 1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.
 7. Bot. A small flattish reddish-orange loose-skinned orange, with an easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus reticulata formerly Citrus nobilis); called also mandarin orange and tangerine.
 Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of educated people in China.
 Mandarin yellow Chem., an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline.
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