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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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