Nec"tar*ine (?), a.
Nectareous.
[R.]
Milton.
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Nec"tar*ine, n. [Cf. F. nectarine. See Nectar.] Bot.
A smooth-skinned variety of peach.
Spanish nectarine, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian tree Chrysobalanus Icaco; -- also called cocoa plum. it is made into a sweet conserve which a largely exported from Cuba.
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