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nectarine
nec·tar·ine N0047500 (nĕk′tə-rēn′)n.1. A variety of peach tree having small aromatic fruit with smooth reddish skin.2. The soft juicy fruit of this tree. [From obsolete nectarine, sweet as nectar, from nectar.]nectarine (ˈnɛktərɪn) n1. (Plants) a variety of peach tree, Prunus persica nectarina2. (Cookery) the fruit of this tree, which has a smooth skin[C17: apparently from nectar]nec•tar•ine (ˌnɛk təˈrin, ˈnɛk təˌrin) n. a variety of peach having a smooth, downless skin. [1610–20; see nectar, -ine1] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | nectarine - variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow fleshnectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarinanectarine - a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skingenus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regionsfruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit | | 2. | nectarine - a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skinedible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet fleshnectarine, nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina - variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh | Translationsnectarine
nectarine (nĕk'tərēn`), name for a tree (Prunus persica var. nectarina) of the family Rosaceae (roserose, common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses. ..... Click the link for more information. family) and for its fruit, a smooth-skinned variety of the peach. The nectarine is a classical example of bud variation (see mutationmutation, in biology, a sudden, random change in a gene, or unit of hereditary material, that can alter an inheritable characteristic. Most mutations are not beneficial, since any change in the delicate balance of an organism having a high level of adaptation to its environment ..... Click the link for more information. ). The nectarine tree occasionally produces peaches, and the peach tree nectarines. In appearance, culture, and care the nectarine is almost identical to the peach. It is cultivated in north temperate zones of both hemispheres, in America chiefly in the mild Pacific coastal area. The nectarine has been known for at least 2,000 years; in the 16th cent. it was called the nut of Persia. Nectarines are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem). ..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.nectarine[¦nek·tə¦rēn] (botany) A smooth-skinned, fuzzless fruit originating as a spontaneous somatic mutation of the peach, Prunus persica and P. persica var. nectarina. nectarine a variety of peach tree, Prunus persica nectarina nectarine Related to nectarine: nectarine treeSynonyms for nectarinenoun variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow fleshSynonyms- nectarine tree
- Prunus persica nectarina
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- genus Prunus
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- fruit tree
noun a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skinRelated Words- edible fruit
- nectarine
- nectarine tree
- Prunus persica nectarina
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