Associations to the word «Nectar»

Pictures for the word «Nectar»

Wiktionary

NECTAR, noun. (chiefly mythology) The drink of the gods. [from 16th c.]
NECTAR, noun. (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. [from 16th c.]
NECTAR, noun. (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]

Dictionary definition

NECTAR, noun. A sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators.
NECTAR, noun. Fruit juice especially when undiluted.
NECTAR, noun. (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley