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nectarine


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nectarine  \Nec"tar*ine\,  a. 
  Nectareous.  [R.]  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nectarine 
  n  1:  variety  or  mutation  of  the  peach  bearing  smooth-skinned 
  fruit  with  usually  yellow  flesh  [syn:  {nectarine  tree}, 
  {Prunus  persica  nectarina}] 
  2:  smooth-skinned  variety  or  mutation  of  the  peach 




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