Brunion vs Nectarine - What's the difference?
brunion | nectarine | Synonyms |
A hybrid of a plum and a peach.
* 1724 , Philip Miller, The Gardeners and Florists Dictionary (page 22)
* 1855 , Marie-Catherine Aulnoy, Fairy Tales (page 453)
A nectarine
A cultivar of the peach distinguished by its skin being smooth, not fuzzy.
*1881 , R.L. Stevenson, :
*:When you see a dish of fruit at dessert, you sometimes set your affections upon one particular peach or nectarine , watch it with some anxiety as it comes round the table, and feel quite a sensible disappointment when it is taken by some one else.
Brunion is a synonym of nectarine.
As nouns the difference between brunion and nectarine
is that brunion is a hybrid of a plum and a peach while nectarine is a cultivar of the peach distinguished by its skin being smooth, not fuzzy.As an adjective nectarine is
nectarous; like nectar.brunion
English
(wikipedia brunion)Noun
(en noun)- But no sort of Brunions are in so much Esteem as their Peaches, because they do not quit their Stones.
- The eldest Fairy put her finger into her mouth and whistled three times, then cried, 'Apricots, peaches, nectarines, brunions , cherries,