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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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