mandarin orange

noun

Examples of mandarin orange in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Here are some ways to add cottage cheese to your diet: Serve it with fruit: Pair cottage cheese with peach slices, berries, apples, mandarin oranges, or pineapple chunks. Lindsey Desoto, Health, 15 July 2024 The fragrance includes grapefruit, and mandarin orange as the top fragrance with a middle scent of sea water & juniper, then wrapping up with the amberood and musk base. Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024 The best finish is a moist peanut financier served with sparkling mandarin orange sorbet and dabs of silky chocolate cremeaux. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024 There are multiple explanations for why mandarin oranges have come to be considered such a lucky symbol—a major part of which comes from mere pronunciation. TIME, 2 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mandarin orange 

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Word History

First Known Use

1771, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mandarin orange was in 1771

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“Mandarin orange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mandarin%20orange. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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