clementine
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a small, sweet variety of tangerine with orange-red skin.
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Clementinenouna female given name: derived from Clement.
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“Clementine”
“Clementine”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.)
clementine
1 American
[klem-uhn-tahyn, -teen]
/ ˈklɛm ənˌtaɪn, -ˌtin /
noun
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clementines
plural
Clementine
2
American
[klem-uhn-tahyn, -teen, kle-mahn -teen]
/ ˈklɛm ənˌtaɪn, -ˌtin, klɛ mɑ̃ˈtin /
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Clementina
noun
clementine
British
/ ˈklɛmənˌtiːn, -ˌtaɪn /
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“Clementine”
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Etymology
Origin of clementine
< French clémentine (1902), said to be named after a Father Clément, who developed the fruit near Oran; see -ine 1
Explanation
A clementine is a small, orange, seedless citrus fruit. Clementines are usually easy to peel and section, and they taste very sweet. Clementines are a deep orange-colored hybrid fruit, a combination of the mandarin and the sweet orange, similar in size to a tangerine. The history of the clementine includes what was probably an accidental invention, and an introduction to California in 1914. The inadvertent inventor of the clementine was Father Clément Rodier, who ran an Algerian orphanage, and for whom the fruit was named.
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He writes of how, “like hungry street cats,” they coax from their captors “a wedge of clementine, a single popcorn.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024
The traditional velvet cap features embroidered initials, button and tassel and a hand-embroidered clementine in honour of his wife Clementine.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
Through metal bars, aid workers on the U.S. side pass through rolls of toilet paper, bags of clementine oranges, water bottles, packages of toothbrushes.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
Virgil shoved half a clementine in his mouth.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
It is the result of “just streamlining these workflows and knitting someone’s journey together end to end,” says Clementine Jacoby, chief executive officer of Recidiviz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
"For the average consumer, it is impossible to understand that TotalEnergies is actually expanding fossil fuel production," Clementine Baldon, a lawyer for the NGOs, said at a hearing in June.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
And then there’s Clementine, who was “a little anxious” before the fire, and more so ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025
The UN's humanitarian co-ordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, said she was "appalled and gravely alarmed" by reports of what had happened.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
I was born Clementine, and I loved that name until I turned ten.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
The Western folk ballad “Clementine” appeared in more than two dozen known 19th-century song collections, with an estimated cumulative circulation in the tens of thousands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
The title character of Sara Pennypacker’s “Clementine” is a mischievous third-grade girl who always seems to end up at the principal’s office.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2016
When I finished the “Clementine” books, I was bereft.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2016
The books are a spinoff of Pennypacker’s seven “Clementine” books.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2016
Luckily, the officials in the booth also had the rolls in Marathi, the local language, and there, her name was close enough to “Clementine” that they were willing to accept her photo ID.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2014
Items like single-serve mac and cheese cups, ramen packs, granola bars, oatmeal, fruit snacks, pretzels, cheese and crackers, clementines and protein bars are great alternatives — or additions — to the traditional candy bowl.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
As expected, the presence of an image was more important in determining consumer choice than whether the handwash was scented with clementines or pears.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024
In their yard, clementines and limes grow and plumerias rain from the trees.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
He arranged the clementines in a perfect line in front of him, then checked his phone.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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