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Nectar vs Nectarlike - What's the difference?

nectar | nectarlike |

As a noun nectar

is nectar.

As an adjective nectarlike is

resembling or characteristic of nectar.

nectar

English

(wikipedia nectar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
    • They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.
  • (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
  • (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.

    • Related terms

    * nectarine * nectarous * nectary

    See also

    * ambrosia * pollen

    References

    [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=nectar&searchmode=none]

    Anagrams

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    nectarlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 10, author=Eric Asimov, title=Alois Kracher, Austrian Winemaker and Advocate, Is Dead at 48, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Today, Austria, one of the world's oldest wine regions, is much admired for its peppery grüner veltliners; dry, pure, intensely minerally rieslings; and dense, nectarlike sweet wines enhanced by botrytis, the famous noble rot, which concentrates flavors and sugars. }}