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# clementine

«clementine» in Mova's school dictionary: **easy to peel and usually has no seeds** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small, sweet orange fruit that is easy to peel and usually has no seeds. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#x1)
- Clementines are easy to peel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#x2)
- We got clementines in our Christmas stockings. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#x4)
- "Oh My Darling, Clementine" is an old American song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/#x5)
- The clementine segments were sweet and juicy. [tree →](https://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [In New York, Clementine's parents miss her school play because of a work trip; they send flowers and a video call.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clementine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clementine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.