clementine

[klem-uh n-tahyn, -teen] /ˈklɛm ənˌtaɪn, -ˌtin/
noun
1.
a small, sweet variety of tangerine with orange-red skin.
Origin
< French clémentine (1902), said to be named after a Father Clément, who developed the fruit near Oran; see -ine1

Clementine

[klem-uh n-tahyn, -teen; French kle-mahn-teen] /ˈklɛm ənˌtaɪn, -ˌtin; French klɛ mɑ̃ˈtin/
noun
1.
a female given name: derived from Clement.
Also, Clementina
[klem-uh n-tee-nuh] /ˌklɛm ənˈti nə/ (Show IPA).
British Dictionary definitions for clementines

Clementines

/ˈklɛmənˌtiːnz; -ˌtaɪnz/
plural noun
1.
(RC Church) an official compilation of decretals named after Clement V and issued in 1317 which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici

clementine

/ˈklɛmənˌtiːn; -ˌtaɪn/
noun
1.
a citrus fruit thought to be either a variety of tangerine or a hybrid between a tangerine and sweet orange
Word Origin
C20: from French clémentine, perhaps from the female Christian name
Word Origin and History for clementines

clementine

n.

"cross between tangerine and sour orange," 1926, from French clémentine (1902). Originally an accidental hybrid said to have been discovered by (and named for) Father Clement Rodier in the garden of his orphanage in Misserghin, near Oran, Algeria. Introduced into U.S. and grown at Citrus Research Center in Riverside, Calif., as early as 1909.

Clementine

adj.

1705, in reference to various popes who took the name Clement (see clement (adj.)), especially of the edition of the Vulgate issued due to Pope Clement V (1309-14).

fem. proper name, from fem. of Clement (see clement (adj.)).

clementines in Culture

“Clementine” definition


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.)