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nectarine (n.)
type of peach with smooth skin, 1660s, noun use of adjective meaning "of or like nectar" (1610s; see
nectar
+
-ine
(1)). Probably inspired by German
nektarpfirsich
"nectar-peach." Earlier in English as
nectrine
.