Clementine

I Clementines are muse for a day because their orange shiny glory makes me happy, and I like the sweet spray from the peel when bent (which you can light on fire - early pyromaniac days), and I am always overjoyed when clementine crates show up for the season...winter is here, but we have citrus. Their color almost as warm as that which exudes from the fireplace. My granny used to dry clementine (and tangerine and orange) peels and then burn them in the fireplace for a lovely, subtle scent. Also, my parents' Volkswagon squareback was orange, and her name was Clementine, and she had a great sunroof and made my conservative, old-world grandparents assume that my father was a hippie because he OK'd my mom getting an orange car...

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine

A clementine is the fruit of Citrus reticulata, and may be a cross between a mandarin orange and an orange created by the Algerian priest Pierre Clément in 1902. The Online Etymology Dictionary proposes that it was "originally an accidental hybrid said to have been discovered by Father Clément Rodier in the garden of his orphanage in Misserghin, near Oran, Algeria." In Arabic, it is called "Kalamintina", while in German it is generally refered to as "Mandarine", that is, as a member of that broader supergroup. However, there are claims it originated in China much earlier.

Clementines are sometimes mistaken for tangerines, but the clementine has a thinner and more easily removed skin, a sweeter fruit, and very few seeds. It is an oblate, medium-sized fruit. The exterior is a deep orange color with a smooth glossy look. Clementines separate easily into eight to twelve juicy segments filled with a taste of apricot nectar.

Clementines have been available in Europe for many years, but the market for them in the United States was made only a few years ago, when a devastating freeze in Florida made domestic oranges scarce and expensive. This variety was introduced into California commercial agriculture in 1914, though it was grown at Citrus Research Center in Riverside, Calif., as early as 1909. California clementines are available from mid-November through January; this availability has them referred to in some areas as "Christmas Oranges".

Like all fruits, "clementine" can also refer to the tree.