nectarine
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nectarine
- /ˈnɛk.tə.ɹiːn/
- /ˌnɛktəˈɹiːn/ US
Where it comes from
From nectar + -ine.
noun nectarines
- A cultivar of the peach with smooth rather than fuzzy skin. 1670, John Evelyn, Sylva, or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees to which is annexed Pomona, or, An appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in Relation to Cider, London: Jo. Martyn & Ja. Allestry, “Kalendarium Hortense,” p. 10, Prune Fruit-trees, and Vines as yet; For now is your Season to bind, plash, naile, and
- A nectar-like liquid medicine. 1628 Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Henry Cripps, 3rd edition, Part 3, Section 2, Member 5, Subsection 3, p. 509, He would have some discreet men to disswade them, after the fury of passion is a little spent, or by absence allaied; for it is intempestive at first, to give counsell
Similar: brunion
adjective more nectarine · most nectarine
- Nectarous; pertaining to or resembling 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 […]
