Nectar

Meaning

A sweet liquid produced by flowers that serves as food for butterflies.

a sweet liquid produced by flowers; any delicious drink

a sweet liquid produced by flowers and collected by bees; in mythology, the drink of the gods

Example Sentences

Butterflies drink nectar from flowers.

Bees collect nectar from flowers to make honey.

The bees were busy collecting nectar from the flowers.

Example Expressions

nectar of the gods

Synonyms

flower juice, sweet liquid, floral honey, ambrosia, honey, syrup, sweetness, juice

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flower juice, sweet liquid, floral honey

Entry 2

sweet liquid, ambrosia, honey, syrup

Entry 3

honey, syrup, ambrosia, sweetness, juice

Antonyms

polluted water, poisonous fluid, bitter liquid, poison, bitterness, toxin

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polluted water, poisonous fluid

Entry 2

bitter liquid, poison

Entry 3

bitterness, poison, toxin

Collocations

flower nectar, collect nectar, sweet nectar, nectar of flowers, nectar drink

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flower nectar, collect nectar, sweet nectar

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sweet nectar, collect nectar, nectar of flowers, nectar drink