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CLEMENTINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clementine mean? 

CLEMENTINE (noun)
  The noun CLEMENTINE has 2 senses:

1. a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africaplay

2. a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seedsplay

  Familiarity information: CLEMENTINE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLEMENTINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

clementine; clementine tree

Hypernyms ("clementine" is a kind of...):

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)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("clementine" is a kind of...):

mandarin; mandarin orange (a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China)


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