What does mandarin orange mean?
• MANDARIN ORANGE (noun) The noun MANDARIN ORANGE has 2 senses: 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 2. a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China Familiarity information: MANDARIN ORANGE used as a noun is rare.