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nectar

Pronunciation: /ˈnɛk.tə/

The English word “nectar” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The drink of the gods.
  2. Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
  3. The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.

verb

  1. To feed on nectar.

Etymology

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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