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nectarine

nectarine

8 1.6
A fruit with smooth skin like a peach and sweet, juicy flesh
  • noun
  • /ˈnɛktəˌrin/
translation icon : nectarina
  • Fresh nectarines are deliciously sweet and perfect for a summer fruit salad.
  • nectarines and peaches
  • nectarines and apricots
  • nectarines and plums

And I thought it was maybe Peach, but maybe it's some nectarine.

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Examples

  • I enjoy slicing nectarines and adding them to my morning yogurt.

  • Such as peaches and nectarines, both of which I seem to have been binging on all summer.

    Blog text (17)
  • I put the tape on pause and walked to the refrigerator for a nectarine.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I have mostly apple trees, some apricot, and nectarines too.

    Academic text (2000)
  • I got you nectarines because the peaches are hard as rocks.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Combine the nectarines and sugar, and stir well to combine.

    Blog text (34)
  • MMM nectarines, which are one of my favorite fruits.

  • Their work, now in its second year, targets nectarines, peaches, and apricots.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Before the end of the season, when a few nectarines (or peaches) are still at the market, MAKE THIS SALAD.

    Blog text (34)
  • Fantasia nectarine, offered to growers three decades ago, was "larger, better looking, and more attractively shaped than many other nectarine varieties that ripened at about the same time," says Weinberger.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

peach
vsnectarine
161 1.0

A round soft fruit with sweet yellow or white flesh and a hard stone in the center

is the same fruit type but with smooth hairless skin

Compounds

A tree that grows sweet fruit like peaches but with smooth skin

How Smooth

plum
7 1.0
nectarine
8 1.6
peach
161 1.0

Surface Forms

nectarine singular
nectarines plural

Etymology

Nectarine comes from nectar, the 'sweet liquid' from flowers, and the ending -ine meaning 'like', so it literally means 'nectar-like'. That's why a nectarine is a very sweet, juicy kind of peach that tastes of 'nectar'.