NECTAR
\nˈɛktə], \nˈɛktə], \n_ˈɛ_k_t_ə]\
Definitions of NECTAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
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fruit juice especially when undiluted
By Princeton University
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(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
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fruit juice especially when undiluted
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
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A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.
By Oddity Software
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The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
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A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In anc. myth., the drink of the gods; the sweet secretion of flowers; any sweet and very pleasant drink.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A pleasant liquor feigned by the poets to have been the drink of the gods, and to bave rendered immortal those who partook of it. A name given, by the ancients, to many drinks; and particularly to one made with wine, evaporated, and sweetened with honey.
By Robley Dunglison
