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Nectar

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈnɛk.tə

Definitions

  1. The drink of the gods.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
  3. The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolnéctar
Françaisnectar
DeutschNektar
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Examples

“They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Nectareous Nectarian Nectaries nectarilyma Nectarine nectariniid

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