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Nectar vs Tangerine - What's the difference?

nectar | tangerine |

As nouns the difference between nectar and tangerine

is that nectar is nectar while tangerine is a native or inhabitant of tangier.

As an adjective tangerine is

from, or pertaining to tangier.

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.
  • See also

    * ambrosia * pollen

    References

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

    Anagrams

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    tangerine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several varieties of mandarin oranges.
  • A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
  • A tree that produces tangerines.
  • Derived terms

    * tangelo

    Adjective

  • Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.
  • See also

    * clementine * mandarine * minneola * nartjie * ortanique * satsuma * ugli/ugli fruit * Van der Hum *

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