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Orange \Or"ange\ ([o^]r"[e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia,
arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar.
n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga
orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or
gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]
1. The fruit of a tree of the genus {Citrus} ({Citrus
Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
when ripe.

Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
{bitter orange}, which is supposed to be the original
stock; the {navel orange}, which has the rudiment of a
second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
{blood orange}, with a reddish juice; and the {horned
orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated.

2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.

3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.

{Mandarin orange}. See {Mandarin}.

{Mock orange} (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
{Philadelphus}, which have whitish and often fragrant
blossoms.

{Native orange}, or {Orange thorn} (Bot.), an Australian
shrub ({Citriobatus parviflorus}); also, its edible yellow
berries.

{Orange bird} (Zo["o]l.), a tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra
zena}); -- so called from its bright orange breast.

{Orange cowry} (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowry
({Cypr[ae]a aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of
shells on account of its rarity.

{Orange grass} (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
({Hypericum Sarothra}), having minute, deep yellow
flowers.

{Orange oil} (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
obtained from the flowers.

{Orange pekoe}, a kind of black tea.

{Orange pippin}, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.

{Quito orange}, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
nightshade ({Solanum Quitoense}), native in Quito.

{Orange scale} (Zo["o]l.) any species of scale insects which
infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
({Mytilaspis citricola}), the long scale ({Mytilaspis
Gloveri}), and the red scale ({Aspidiotus Aurantii}).

Mandarin \Man`da*rin"\, n. [Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantr[=i]
minister of state, prop. a Hind. word, fr. Skr. mantrin a
counselor, manira a counsel, man to think.]
1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military
official in China and Annam.

2. Hence: A powerful government official or bureaucrat,
especially one who is pedantic and has a strong sense of
his own importance and privelege.
[PJC]

3. Hence: A member of an influential, powerful or elite
group, espcially within artistic or intellectual circles;
-- used especially of elder members who are traditionalist
or conservative about their specialties.
[PJC]

5. The form of the Chinese language spoken by members of the
Chinese Imperial Court an officials of the empire.
[PJC]

6. Any of several closely related dialects of the Chinese
language spoken by a mojority of the population of China,
the standard variety of which is spoken in the region
around Beijing.
[PJC]

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.


mandarin orange \man`da*rin" or"ange\, n.
1. A shrub or small tree ({Citrus reticulata}) 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 Southeast Asia.

Syn: mandarin orange tree.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. Same as {mandarin}[7].