Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A deep red-orange, often seedless mandarin orange.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to one of several ecclesiastics named Clement, especially— St. Clement, bishop of Rome in the first century;
- Pope Clement V. (1305–1314);
- Clement VII. (1378–1394), the first of the antipopes of Avignon.
- n. One of a series of compilations attributed to St. Clement.
- n. plural That part of the body of canon law which contains the collections made by Pope Clement V. of the acts of the Council of Vienne, a. d. 1311–12, with the addition of some of his decretals.
- n. A follower of, or a believer in the authority of, the antipope Clement VII.
- n. Same as methylene-violet.
Wiktionary
- n. A type of small, sweet orange, the result of a cross between a tangerine and Seville orange.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds
- n. a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa
Etymologies
- From French clémentine, named for Clément Rodier, the French missionary said to have first bred it. (Wiktionary)
- French clémentine, perhaps after Père Clément (fl. 1902), French missionary in Africa. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Why doesn't spell checker like the word clementine?”
“The clementine is a type of mandarin baptized by Father Clément Rodier at his Algerian orphanage in 1902.”
“One of the distinguishing features of the clementine is the distinctive thin, leathery skin dotted with large and prominent oil glands, which is lightly attached around the fruit; enabling it to peeled very easily in comparison to other citrus fruits.”
“But I am still trying to break it up a little with the occasional clementine.”
“On top of those 150,00 big Blumenthal puddings, it had to produce a smaller, individual-portion version with a clementine in the middle.”
The Guardian: Move over Heston Blumenthal, I know how to make the perfect Christmas pud
“LadyLydiaSpeaks said ... such good ideas for the clementine box!”
“Top notes of lemongrass and clementine leaves keep it crisp while a faint tease of lilac and lily soften it.”
“I was promised with clementine. .then selene still I got nothing over here ..”
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“Svedka vodka will have a number of special canine-themed cocktails for $5 each, such as the German Shepard Shirley Temple, with cherry vodka, ginger and grenadine, and the Bubbly Bulldog, made from clementine/orange vodka, Sprite and champagne.”
The Washington Post: Nightlife Agenda: Chromeo, Monotonix and parties for charity
“They'll also debut a drink called the Buderim Fizz, named for a ginger-producing region of Australia and made with Australian Puppeteer sparkling chardonnay, Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur and a cube of crystallized ginger soaked in house-made clementine bitters.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘clementine’.
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Sue's favorite words
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songbirds
Names of girls in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the titles.
Just the name on the list, then the full title with any identifying notes in the comments, please.
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the first list
an immense, grandiloquent list that loads like a thousand years sentence in stone. new words are in the other lists.
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Antique Names: Female
These names were once in common use - at least somewhat. Some are coming back. Some are almost forgotten. I think they would
make lovely names. Well... most of them.araminta, abigail, agnes, biddie, celestia, celestine, celia, ceola, chloe, claire, clementine, cordie and 179 more...
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As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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We asked attendees who visited the Wordnik booth what their favorite words were, and these are what they told us. (AWP is an annual conference for writers and those in the writing world.)
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food
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Tweets
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trivet And a tasty, tasty fruit! Feb 12, 2008
seanahan Also my favorite Decemberists song. Also an Elliot Smith song, covered by the Decemberists. Feb 12, 2008
treeseed Clementine by Bobby Darin is a song that went to #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. Feb 8, 2008