What is the difference between a mandarin, satsuma, clementine and tangerine?
Mandarin: a small, spiny citrus tree, Citrus reticulata, native to China, bearing lance-shaped leaves and flattish, orange-yellow to deep-orange loose-skinned fruit, some varieties of which are called tangerines. Satsuma: 1. a former province on S Kyushu, in SW Japan: famous for its porcelain ware. 2. (lowercase) a kind of mandarin orange. Clementine: a small, sweet variety of tangerine with orange-red skin. Tangerine: Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, esp. in the U.S. So in answer to your question, they’re all just spin-offs of the mandarin, so you probably wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. 🙂 I looked it up on images.google.com, and I can’t see the difference. I also found out that mandarin is also the name of a very pretty bird…go figure.
