Nectar

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  • noun. A sweet liquid that many plants secrete from specialized structures, often inside flowers, where it serves to attract pollinators such as certain insects and birds. Bees use nectar to make honey.
  • noun. The drink of the gods.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A beverage containing fruit juice or purée.
  • noun. A delicious or invigorating drink.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In classical mythology, the drink or wine of the Olympian gods, poured out for them by Hebe and Ganymede, the cupbearers of Zeus.
  • noun. Hence, any delicious and salubrious drink.
  • noun. In botany, the honey of a flower; the superfluous saccharine matter remaining after the stamens and pistils have consumed all that they require.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
  • noun. A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. fruit juice especially when undiluted
  • noun. (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
  • noun. a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators
  • Word Usage
    "Detecting poisons in nectar is an odour-ous task for honeybees"
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    ambrosia  pollen  
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    Herb  acorn  ale  ambrosia  attar  
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