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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh;
[syn: nectarine, nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina]

2. a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nectarine \Nec"tar*ine\ (n[e^]k"t[~e]r*[i^]n), a. Nectareous. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nectarine \Nec`tar*ine"\ (n[e^]k`t[~e]r*[=e]n"), n. [Cf. F. nectarine. See Nectar.] (Bot.) A smooth-skinned variety of peach. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nectarine n 1: variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh [syn: nectarine, nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina] 2: a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin