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nectar
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chiefly mythology English) The drink of the gods. (from 16th c.) 2 (context by extension English) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. (from 16th c.) 3 (context botany English) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers ...
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Population (2000): 372 Housing Units (2000): 158 Land area (2000): 1.816359 sq. miles (4.704348 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.013850 sq. miles (0.035872 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.830209 sq. miles (4.740220 sq. km) FIPS code: 53448 Located within: Alabama ...
Usage examples of nectar.
Scarcely had he done so, when the most curious sensation overcame him--a sensation of bewildering ecstasy as though he had drunk of some ambrosian nectar or magic drug which had suddenly wound up his nerves to an acute tension of indescribable delight.
Vivacious, noisy, loving the nectar of flowers and the juices of fruits, Baal Burra was phenomenal in many winsome ways, but in a spirit of rare self denial I refrain from the pleasure of chronicling some of them in order to give place to instance and proof of the reasoning powers of an astonishingly high order.
Indeed, it thrived on the conditions, as if gunpowder and excreta were its nectar.
The maguey was a warrior of the plant world, not only because its tall, slender leaves rose like a bunch of spears, but because of the power of its nectar and the uses of its flesh.
Has grown and grown, and with her mellow shade Has blanched my thornless thoughts to her own hue, And even now is budding into blossom, Which never shall bear fruit, but inward still Resorb its vital nectar, self-contained, And leave no living copies of its beauty To after ages.
After about two hours it was lukewarm, stewy stuff, but in the early hours of the morning it was nectar.
They gripped the firm roundness of her ass, and before she could respond, her dark prince knelt and delved into her dripping box where Tarras had tasted her nectar.
Luciano retrieved one of his precious bottles of Barolo and one each of elderflower champagne and peach nectar.
Taking full advantage of the weather, wild bees were frantically gathering nectar and pollen before winter descended and shut off their supply until spring.
But the, attackers were ignorant about the daily routine of bees- During the nectar flow, bees do not sleep.
Everywhere normallooking bees busily foraged in beds of rife wild flowers, Ignoring the humans as they darted about, sipping the sweet nectar of flowers.
From this perspective, it looked like a honeycomb, fuzzy wigged heads and gauze-winged dresses bobbing to and fro across the six-sided tiles, buzzing busily over glasses filled with the nectar of brandywine and porter.
When she came to Cala to marry Conrig six years earlier, the court ladies had fluttered about her like frivolous butterflies eager to test the nectar of an exotic new flower sprung up in their midst.
If used in excessive quantities, tutin could kill and cases had been reported of early settlers dying accidentally by eating honey collected from bees feeding on the nectar of coriaria flowers.
Aphrodite, while in it may be distinguished the Reason-Principles summed under the names of Plenty and Possession, produced by the downflow of the Nectar of the over realm.