Nectarine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A variety of aromatic peach of ancient origin, having a smooth, waxy skin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A cultivar of the peach distinguished by the absence of peachfuzz on the skin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Nectareous.
  • n. A smooth-skinned variety of peach.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sweet or delicious as nectar.
  • n. A variety of the common peach, from which its fruit differs only in having a rind devoid of down and a firmer pulp. Both fruits are sometimes found growing on the same tree. See peach.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh
  • n. a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
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