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# clementine

noun (a clementine, clementines); (Clementine) a name

«clementine» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small, sweet orange fruit that is easy to peel and usually has no seeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#m1)
2. (a name) Clementine is a girl's name, as in the old song "Oh My Darling, Clementine". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life clementines are a popular lunchbox and Christmas fruit, especially in the UK. In maths they appear in sharing and counting problems. Phrases: "a bag of clementines", "peel a clementine".

### Examples

- I put a clementine in my lunchbox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#x1)
- Clementines are easy to peel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#x2)
- We got clementines in our Christmas stockings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#x3)
- A bag has 12 clementines; share them between 4 people, that's 3 each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#x4)
- "Oh My Darling, Clementine" is an old American song. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#x5)
- The clementine segments were sweet and juicy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#x6)

### Note

Plural: clementines. Similar fruits are tangerines, mandarins and satsumas; they are related but not quite the same. Usually lower case for the fruit and capital C for the name.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clementine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clementine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clementine.html) on Mova free.