There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun nectarine. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
About 0.2occurrences per million words in modern written English
1750 0.75 1760 0.66 1770 0.6 1780 0.58 1790 0.52 1800 0.4 1810 0.41 1820 0.4 1830 0.35 1840 0.36 1850 0.36 1860 0.33 1870 0.32 1880 0.3 1890 0.26 1900 0.24 1910 0.22 1920 0.21 1930 0.19 1940 0.17 1950 0.15 1960 0.15 1970 0.16 1980 0.17 1990 0.19 2000 0.2 2010 0.2/ˈnɛktəriːn/
NECK-tuh-reen
/ˌnɛktəˈrin/
neck-tuh-REEN
Earliest known use
early 1600s
The earliest known use of the noun nectarine is in the early 1600s.
OED's earliest evidence for nectarine is from 1616, in a translation by Gervase Markham, author, et al.
It is also recorded as an adjective from the early 1600s.
nectarine is apparently formed within English, by conversion.
Etymons: nectarine adj.
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