clementine

¹

[klem-uhn-tahyn, -teen]

noun

1. a small, sweet variety of tangerine with orange-red skin.

Clementine

²

Also Clem·en·ti·na

[klem-uhn-tahyn, -teen, kle-mahn-teen]

noun

1. a female given name: derived from Clement.

clementine

/ -ˌtaɪn, ˈklɛmənˌtiːn /

noun

1. a citrus fruit thought to be either a variety of tangerine or a hybrid between a tangerine and sweet orange

“Clementine”

1. An American folksong (see folk music). Its refrain is:

   Oh my darling, oh my darling,

   Oh my darling Clementine!

   You are lost and gone forever,

   Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

   (See also forty-niners.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of “Clementine”¹

< French clémentine (1902), said to be named after a Father Clément, who developed the fruit near Oran; -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of “Clementine”¹

C20: from French clémentine, perhaps from the female Christian name

Example Sentences

He writes of how, “like hungry street cats,” they coax from their captors “a wedge of clementine, a single popcorn.”

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Give me citrus galore: preserved lemon, blood orange, clementine.

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Yet it too appeared to have melted away, with no sign of recent activity at the base save for a discarded uniform and a peeled clementine on a desk in the command office.

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In South Korea, a country slightly larger than Indiana, rising temperatures are pushing the production of fruits such as apples and clementines northward as well as boosting the commercial cultivation of tropical fruits.

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As expected, the presence of an image was more important in determining consumer choice than whether the handwash was scented with clementines or pears.

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