Nectarine
Nectarine (nek"tẽr*in) , adjective
Nectareous. [Rare] — Milton
Nectarine (nek`tẽr*ēn") , noun
[Compare French nectarine. See Nectar.]
(Botany) A smooth-skinned variety of peach.
Collocations (1)
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.