ETYM Cf. French nectarine. Related to Nectar.
1. Smooth-skinned variety or mutation of the peach.
2. Variety or mutation of the peach bearing smooth-skinned fruit with usually yellow flesh; SYN. nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina.
Smooth, shiny-skinned variety of peach, usually smaller than other peaches and with firmer flesh. It arose from a natural mutation.