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NECTARINE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

nectarine; nectarine tree; Prunus persica nectarina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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