mandarin : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
  Mandarin; Mandarin Chinese; Beijing dialect.
  

WordNet

• noun the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
  Mandarin; Mandarin Chinese; Beijing dialect.
  

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• noun showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated
  Aix galericulata.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a beautiful Asiatic duck (Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection.

Webster 1913

• the spoken or colloquial language of educated people in China.

Webster 1913

• 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; native to southeastern Asia
  mandarin; Citrus reticulata; mandarin orange.
  
• noun a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
  mandarin.
  

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• 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; native to southeastern Asia
  mandarin; Citrus reticulata; mandarin orange.
  

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• (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline.

Webster 1913