noun
clementine
KLEH-muhn-tyn
noun
1
A small, sweet, easy-to-peel citrus fruit, a cross between a mandarin and a sweet orange.
"She packed a clementine in her son's lunchbox."
"Clementines are in season around the winter holidays."
How to Use Clementine
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small, seedless, easy-peel citrus fruit similar to a mandarin orange.
Common mistake
Clementines, mandarins, and tangerines are closely related but not identical — clementines are usually seedless and slightly sweeter.
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Word Forms
clementines plural
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Etymology
Named after the French missionary Clément Rodier, who is credited with first breeding the fruit in Algeria in the early 1900s.