Nectarine NECTARINE, a. Sweet as nectar.
NECTARINE, n. A fruit, a variety of the peach with a smooth rind.

nectarine n 1: variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh [syn: nectarine, nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina] 2: a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin

nectarine 1616, noun use of adj. meaning "of or like nectar." Probably inspired by Ger. nektarpfirsich "nectar-peach."

nectarine noun Etymology: obsolete nectarine, adjective, like nectar Date: 1611 a peach with a smooth-skinned fruit that is a frequent somatic mutation of the normal peach; also its fruit

nectarine
n.
1 a variety of peach with a thin brightly-coloured smooth skin and firm flesh.
2 the tree bearing this.
Etymology: orig. as adj., = nectar-like, f. NECTAR + -INE(4)

nectarine (nectarines) A nectarine is a round, juicy fruit which is similar to a peach but has a smooth skin. N-COUNT

nectarine ˈnektərɪn n. 1 a variety of peach with a thin brightly-coloured smooth skin and firm flesh. 2 the tree bearing this. [orig. as adj., = nectar-like, f. NECTAR + -INE(4)]

Nectarine \Nec"tar*ine\, a. Nectareous. [R.] --Milton.

Nectarine \Nec"tar*ine\, n. [Cf. F. nectarine. See Nectar.] (Bot.) A smooth-skinned variety of peach. Spanish nectarine, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian tree Chrysobalanus Icaco; -- also called cocoa plum. it is made into a sweet conserve which a largely exported from Cuba.

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