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Webster 1913 Edition

Nectarine

Nec′tar-ine

(nĕk′tẽr-ĭn)
,
Adj.
Nectareous.
[R.]
Milton.

Necˊtar-ine′

(nĕkˊtẽr-ēn′)
,
Noun.
[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 is largely exported from Cuba.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nectarine

NECTARINE

,
Adj.
Sweet as nectar.

NECTARINE

,
Noun.
A fruit, a variety of the peach with a smooth rind.

Definition 2024

nectarine

nectarine

English

Nectarines

Noun

nectarine ‎(plural nectarines)

  1. A cultivar of the peach distinguished by its skin being smooth, not fuzzy.
    • 1881, R.L. Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
      When you see a dish of fruit at dessert, you sometimes set your affections upon one particular peach or nectarine, watch it with some anxiety as it comes round the table, and feel quite a sensible disappointment when it is taken by some one else.

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nectarine ‎(comparative more nectarine, superlative most nectarine)

  1. nectarous; like nectar
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Etymology

nectar +‎ -ine

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛk.tə.ɹin/

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