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Tangerines vs Nectarine - What's the difference?

tangerines | nectarine |

As nouns the difference between tangerines and nectarine

is that tangerines is while nectarine is a cultivar of the peach distinguished by its skin being smooth, not fuzzy.

As an adjective nectarine is

nectarous; like nectar.

tangerines

English

Noun

(head)

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    nectarine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * brunion

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • nectarous; like nectar
    • (Milton)

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