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Webster 1913 Edition

(nĕk′tẽr-ĭn)

Adj.

Nectareous.

[R.]

Milton.

(nĕkˊtẽr-ēn′)

Noun.

[Cf. F.

nectarine

. See

(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.

Adj.

Sweet as nectar.

Noun.

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