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CLEMENTINE

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clem⋅en⋅tine

  [klem-uhn-tahyn, -teen]
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–noun
a small, sweet variety of tangerine with orange-red skin.
Origin:
< F clémentine (1902), said to be named after a Father Clément, who developed the fruit near Oran; see -ine 1
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Clem⋅en⋅tine

  [klem-uhn-tahyn, -teen; Fr. kle-mahn-teen]
–noun
a female given name: derived from Clement.
Also, Clem⋅en⋅ti⋅na  [klem-uhn-tee-nuh] .
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clem·en·tine   (klěm'ən-tīn', -tēn')   
n.  A deep red-orange, often seedless mandarin orange.

[French clémentine, perhaps after Père Clément (fl. 1902), French missionary in Africa.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

clementine 
"cross between tangerine and sour orange," 1926, from Fr. clémentine (1902). Originally an accidental hybrid said to have been discovered by 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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