nectarine
/'nektərin/
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
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variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh
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