Nectarine \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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