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clementine

1 American  
[klem-uhn-tahyn, -teen] / ˈklɛm ənˌtaɪn, -ˌtin /

noun

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

Clementine 2 American  
[klem-uhn-tahyn, -teen, kle-mahn-teen] / ˈklɛm ənˌtaɪn, -ˌtin, klɛ mɑ̃ˈtin /
Also Clementina

noun

  1. a female given name: derived from Clement.

clementine British  
/ -ˌtaɪn, ˈklɛmənˌtiːn /

noun

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

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“Clementine” Cultural  

  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.)

Etymology

Origin of clementine

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

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