NECTARINE

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Nectareous. [R.] Milton.

2.
n.

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.