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Definition of nectarine :
1. A smooth- skinned variety of peach.
2. Nectareous.
Synonyms:
nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina
fruits (part of speech: noun)
beefsteak tomato, black currant, blood orange, bilberry, ackee
fruit (part of speech: noun)
guava, melon, avocado, prune, raspberry, quince, casaba melon, tamarind, date, raisin, fig, lemon, apple, passion fruit, blueberry, grape, grapefruit, cherry, olive, blackberry, loganberry, banana, cantaloupe, apricot, currant, kumquat, berry, papaya, peach, tangerine, mango, pomegranate, gooseberry, cranberry, pear, lime, citron, plum, strawberry, orange, pineapple, watermelon, fruit
Usage examples:
- " There is only one Prize worth winning and that is the Love of the Niftiest Nectarine that ever came down a Crystal Stairway from the Celestial Regions to grace this dreary World with her Holy Presence. - "Ade's Fables", George Ade.
- Politicians of both sides, the press on all hands, were thundering denunciations upon the city of Damascus, sitting insolent and satiated in its exquisite bloom of pear and nectarine, and the deed itself was fading into that blank past of Eastern life where there " are no birds in last year's nest." - "The Weavers, Complete", Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009.
- I should like now to promenade round your Gardens- apple- tasting- pear- tasting- plum- judging- apricot- nibbling- peach- scrunching- nectarine- sucking and Melon- carving. - "Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends", John Keats.