nectarine
Americannoun
noun
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a variety of peach tree, Prunus persica nectarina
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the fruit of this tree, which has a smooth skin
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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
In fact, the Nectarine stone sometimes produces a Peach, and a Peach stone often produces a Nectarine.
From Gardening for the Million by Pink, Alfred
The Royal George Peach and Violette H�tive Nectarine are the most eligible for that purpose.
From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William
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)
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