nectarine

/'nektərin/
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nectarine

A child bites into a ripe nectarine at a picnic table.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A type of peach with a smooth, fuzz-free skin. It is a cultivar or natural mutation of the common peach (Prunus persica).
    • The tree that bears this fruit.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (Fruit):
    • I prefer a nectarine to a peach because I don't like the fuzzy skin.
    • She packed a ripe nectarine in her lunch.
  • Noun (Tree):
    • They planted a nectarine in the orchard next to the peach trees.
Advanced Usage
  • Botanical Context: In botanical terms, the nectarine is not a separate species but a fuzzless variety of the peach, caused by a recessive allele. The flesh can be yellow or white.
    • The genetic difference between a peach and a nectarine is quite small.
Variants and Related Words
  • Nectarine is also used attributively as a noun modifier.
    • nectarine tree, nectarine orchard, nectarine jam
Synonyms
  • Fuzzless peach: A descriptive synonym emphasizing the key difference.
  • Smooth-skinned peach: Another descriptive term.
Different Meanings
  • As a noun, it refers exclusively to the fruit or its tree. The poetic adjectival meaning ("sweet as nectar") is archaic and extremely rare in modern English; the word is almost never used this way today.
nectarine

A child bites into a ripe nectarine at a picnic table.

Noun
  1. a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
  2. variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh

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