Definition of "clementine" []

• A deep red-orange, often seedless mandarin orange. (noun)

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• "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."