In addition to Wordsmith's long list, there are "mandarin oranges" ordinarily available only
canned, small segments in sweet liquid. Here's a picture of them:
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/product.asp?0=249&1=262&3=466
mandarin orangesoften found in jello in the Great Plains, US.
ah, memories...
>n addition to Wordsmith's long list, there are "mandarin oranges"
perhaps the fruit of #
5. A citrus tree, Citrus reticulata, that is native to China. 
>mandarin oranges" ordinarily available only
canned
I've never seen them canned, what's the difference between mandarin oranges, nachees(?) and clementines?
I don't think I've ever seen canned mandarins. Mandarins were a popular stocking filler when I was a child, but like dates, Christmas was the only time I ever saw them. I think clementines are a bit smaller than a mandarin, but I don't think I could tell one from the other unless they were clearly labelled.
As far as I know I've only ever seen lychees in cans or ready-peeled so I don't know what the outside looks like. The part you eat looks like the edible part of a rambutan (which is probably not very helpful, I'm sorry).
Bingley
Chinee Emperor likee lychee, no? But runners velly naughty to "carie" them.
Nope, I don't mean lychees, but I'm not sure about nachees either, maybe it's just what my grandad calls clementines/mandarins, or maybe it's Austrian?
Faldage's picture caption.
Apropos of nothing at all, dictionary definitionn of "caption" surprised me. I was going to joke
about a "caption" being at bottom, but definition so defines it. But look a #1 and #2 defintions!
caption
n.
5ME capcioun < OFr capcion < L captio < pp. of capere, take: see HAVE6
1 [Archaic] seizure
2 Law a) a part of a legal instrument, such as an indictment, showing where, when, and by what authority it was executed b) a heading showing the names of the parties, court, and docket number in a pleading or deposition
>3 a) a heading or title, as of an article b) a descriptive title, or legend, as under an illustration
4 Film, TV a subtitle
vt.
to supply a caption for
Rambutan comes from the Indonesian "rambut" meaning hair (particularly hair on the head, body hair is bulu). This page (
http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/special/1999/asian/rambutan.html)has a picture showing two rambutan - one unpeeled and one half-peeled. I'm not sure about her text. Possibly it's specific to Malaysia.
A friend who'd worked as a nurse on a men's surgical ward told me that if you open up a rambutan that's what the inside of testicles look like but I don't know if I believe her.
Bingley
Betul (that's right)
Bingley
>there are "mandarin oranges" ordinarily available only
canned, small segments in sweet liquid.
"Ordinarily available only canned" - not here matey. I hadn't even heard of canned mandarins until I read your post, but that had not stopped me picking and eating the mandarins growing on the tree in my back yard. The statement "Ordinarily available only canned" is just another example of the old truism: All generalisations are dangerous.