nectarine

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: nec=tar=ine

CIDE DICTIONARY

nectarine, a. 

 Nectareous.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

nectarine, n. [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)