NECTARINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nectarine mean? 

• NECTARINE (noun)
  The noun NECTARINE has 2 senses:

1. variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh

2. a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin

  Familiarity information: NECTARINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NECTARINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

nectarine; nectarine tree; Prunus persica nectarina

Hypernyms ("nectarine" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "nectarine"):

nectarine (a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin)

Holonyms ("nectarine" is a member of...):

genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("nectarine" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("nectarine" is a part of...):

nectarine; nectarine tree; Prunus persica nectarina (variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh)

 Context examples 

There was now employment for the whole party—for though they could not all talk, they could all eat; and the beautiful pyramids of grapes, nectarines, and peaches soon collected them round the table.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)