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mandarin orange

American  

noun

  1. mandarin.


Etymology

Origin of mandarin orange

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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His “CID salad” roams adjacent blocks with a sweet-side miso-sesame vinaigrette embracing bitter chicories and mandarin orange, with tangles of very thin, very crunchy fried chow mein joining in.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

If you've never had a satsuma, they are a small, sweet, seedless type of mandarin orange that grows very well here.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2022

And Lorenzo Dante Ferro of Friuli, Italy, created Amorvero Profumo, a bergamot, lemon and mandarin orange fragrance that wafts through the fit-for-a-principessa lounges and lobby of the plush Hotel Hassler Roma.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2019

In London’s Soho, Jinjuu restaurant makes a Spamarita cocktail, mixing Spam-infused Ocho tequila with mezcal, pineapple, citrus, mandarin orange and agave nectar.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2017

They vary in size from a little mass or kernel, only to be discovered after careful search, to the bulk of a hen's egg or a mandarin orange.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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