Nectar
['nektə] or ['nɛktɚ]
Definition
(noun.) fruit juice especially when undiluted.
(noun.) a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators.
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Definition
(n.) The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
(n.) A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.
Checker: Scott
Definition
n. the name given by Homer Hesiod Pindar &c. to the beverage of the gods giving life and beauty: a delicious beverage: the honey of the glands of plants.—adjs. Nectā′real Nectā′rean pertaining to or resembling nectar: delicious; Nec′tared imbued with nectar: mingled or abounding with nectar; Nectā′reous Nec′tarous pertaining to containing or resembling nectar: delicious.—adv. Nectā′reously in a nectareous manner.—n. Nectā′reousness the quality of being nectareous.—adjs. Nectā′rial; Nectarif′erous producing nectar or honey: having a nectary; Nec′tarine sweet as nectar.—n. a variety of peach with a smooth fruit.—n. Nec′tary the part of a flower which secretes the nectar or honey.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost but the modern Kentuckians believe that they come pretty near to a knowledge of its chief ingredient.
Checker: Otis
Examples
- Humble bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Hasty people drink the nectar of existence scalding hot; I taste it cool as dew. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Insects in seeking the nectar would get dusted with pollen, and would often transport it from one flower to another. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Now, let us suppose that the juice or nectar was excreted from the inside of the flowers of a certain number of plants of any species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Sweets to the sweet, mannling, and Mr. Bhaer offered Jo some, with a look that made her wonder if chocolate was not the nectar drunk by the gods. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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