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  • noun Plural form of nectarine.

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Examples

  • Your Sesame Street post brought back the terrifying memory of watching a skit where a puppet could get nectarines from a tree but couldn't eat them.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • Oh, the nectarines were a total mess when I cut them.

    nectarine, mascarpone and gingersnap tart | smitten kitchen 2008

  • Tintero 2007 Moscato d'Asti: Grown on a steep hillside vineyard in the Piedmont region of Italy, this exuberantly perfumed, delicately sweet sparkling wine has aromas that recall nectarines and various white flowers.

    RVABlogs 2009

  • $25.64 in the local grocery; you can get it online from Empire Wines for just under $30 There were pure aromas of blackberry and I also smelled nectarines, which is not something that I expect from the average red wine.

    Abruzzo Mistaken Wine Identity, Case #2: Montepulciano 2008

  • $25.64 in the local grocery; you can get it online from Empire Wines for just under $30 There were pure aromas of blackberry and I also smelled nectarines, which is not something that I expect from the average red wine.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • With softer fruit such as nectarines, peaches, apricots, plums, bananas they will not need cooking as they will soften in the time it takes for the pie to bake.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Haalo 2006

  • With softer fruit such as nectarines, peaches, apricots, plums, bananas they will not need cooking as they will soften in the time it takes for the pie to bake.

    Free-Form Fruit Pie Haalo 2006

  • The pumpkin patch market on sauvie island has U-pick and pre-picked peaches and nectarines from it's orchard on sauvie island as well as local corn and lots of other stuff.

    Goodies by the Gulch (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Ariel Zambelich for The Wall Street Journal Samples of interspecific peaches and nectarines from Bradford Farms were packaged in crates and marked with identifying numbers.

    Creating New Fruit 2011

  • Creating New Fruit Ariel Zambelich for The Wall Street Journal Samples of interspecific peaches and nectarines from Bradford Farms were packaged in crates and marked with identifying numbers.

    When Apricot Met Plum... Melanie Grayce West 2011

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