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Nectar

//ˈnɛk.təɹ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The drink of the gods. countable, uncountable

    "They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food."

  2. 2
    (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal wordnet
  3. 3
    Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. broadly, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    fruit juice especially when undiluted wordnet
  5. 5
    The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To feed on nectar. intransitive

    "On the lane below, more orangetips nectared on spring beauties and violets."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”).

Etymology 2

From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”).

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