| 单词 | clementine |
| 释义 | clementine (once / 9728 pages) n A clementine is a small, orange, seedless citrus fruit. Clementines are usually easy to peel and section, and they taste very sweet. Clementines are a deep orange-colored hybrid fruit, a combination of the mandarin and the sweet orange, similar in size to a tangerine. The history of the clementine includes what was probably an accidental invention, and an introduction to California in 1914. The inadvertent inventor of the clementine was Father Clément Rodier, who ran an Algerian orphanage, and for whom the fruit was named. WORD FAMILYclementine: clementines USAGE EXAMPLESI mix these with the little orange clementines that are in the markets, so sweet and easy to peel. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) Today, other popular varieties include red-orange clementines and small Japanese Satsumas, as well as large Dekopon and tiny Ojai pixies. Los Angeles Times(Dec 16, 2016) James Hughes, 66, was under Mr Sellu's care when he died at the Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow in 2010. BBC(Nov 15, 2016) 1n a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds Hyper mandarin, mandarin orange a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China 2n a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa Syn|Hyper clementine tree Citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia |
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