- nectarine (n.)
- type of peach with smooth skin, 1660s, noun use of adjective meaning "of or like nectar" (1610s; see nectar + -ine (1)). Probably inspired by German nektarpfirsich "nectar-peach." Earlier in English as nectrine.
- nectarial
- "Of the nature of a nectary; of or relating to a nectary", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Asiatick Researches. From nectary + -al; compare -ial.