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nectarine

noun
/ˈnɛk.tə.ɹiːn/

Etymology

From nectar + -ine.

  1. derived from *neḱ-✻
  2. derived from νέκταρ
  3. borrowed from nectar
  4. suffixed as nectarine — “nectar + ine”

Definitions

  1. A cultivar of the peach with smooth rather than fuzzy skin.

  2. A nectar-like liquid medicine.

  3. Nectarous

    Nectarous; like nectar.

    • […] to their supper-fruits they fell, Nectarine fruits which the compliant boughs Yielded them, side-long as they sat recline On the soft downy bank damasked with flowers […]

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Derived

nectaplum, Spanish nectarine

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA