clementine
pronunciation
How to pronounce clementine in British English:
UK [ˈklemənti:n]
How to pronounce clementine in American English:
US ['kleməntin]
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- Noun:
- a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa
- a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds
Word Origin
- 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).
- Clementine
- fem. proper name, from fem. of Clement (see clement (adj.)).
Example
- 1. Where 's the real clementine ?
- 2. Clementine told me you passed bya few times while l was under .
- 3. A miner who was a forty-niner and his daughter clementine lived in a cavern .
- 4. Delighted with this distraction from his dark broodings , clementine rushed off to buy whatever paints she could find .
- 5. After the war , painting would offer deep solace when , in 1921 , the death of the mother was followed two months later by the loss of his and clementine 's beloved three-year-old daughter , marigold .