nectarine

American  

[nek-tuh-reen, nek-tuh-reen] / ˌnɛk təˈrin, ˈnɛk təˌrin /

noun

1. a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.

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nectarine British  

/ ˈnɛktərɪn /

noun

1. a variety of peach tree, Prunus persica nectarina

2. the fruit of this tree, which has a smooth skin

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Etymology

Origin of nectarine

First recorded in 1610–20; nectar + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Talking of Pleasure, this moment I was writing with one hand, and with the other holding to my Mouth a Nectarine – good God, how fine.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2010

Sigmund Franz Schultz, formerly of Woonsocket, R.I., is the theater man, teamed with a couple of aristocratic young backers, one named Binky and the other called Lord Nectarine of Walham Green.

From Time Magazine Archive

New Experiments in Grafting, Budding, or Inoculating; whereby all Sorts of Fruit may be much more improv’d than at present; particularly, The Peach, Apricot, Nectarine, Plumb, &c.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Well managed Orchard houses will give us, without doubt or failure, the Peach, the Apricot, the Nectarine, the Plum, the Fig, and many other fruits in great perfection.

From Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings by Woodward, George E. (George Evertson)

"The Elrouge Nectarine is also a native of our own, the name being the reverse of Gourle, a famous Nurseryman at Hogsden, in King Charles the Second's time, by whom it was raised."

From On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions by Felton, Samuel