| nectar | 1. The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage. 2. <botany> A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| nectareal | 1. Nectareous. 2. <botany> Of or pertaining to a nectary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nectarial | Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nectariferous | <botany> Secreting nectar; said of blossoms or their parts. Origin: L. Nectar nectar: cf. F. Nectarifere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nectarine | <botany> A smooth-skinned variety of peach. Spanish nectarine, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian tree Chrysobalanus Icaco; also called cocoa plum. It is made into a sweet conserve which a largely exported from Cuba. Origin: Cf. F. Nectarine. See Nectar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nectary | Origin: From Nectar: cf. F. Nectaire. <botany> That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |