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nectarine

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Noun
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nec=tar=ine

CIDE DICTIONARY

nectarinea. 
     Nectareous.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
nectarinen. [Cf. F. nectarine. See Nectar.].
     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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nectarine, n.
1 a variety of peach with a thin brightly-coloured smooth skin and firm flesh.
2 the tree bearing this.

Etymology
orig. as adj., = nectar-like, f. NECTAR + -INE(4)

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