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# nectar

noun (nectar — uncountable)

«nectar» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The sweet liquid inside flowers that bees, butterflies, moths and some birds drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/#m1)
2. A very delicious drink; in Greek myths, the drink of the gods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/#m2)
3. A thick fruit juice: «peach nectar». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, nectar attracts insects and birds to flowers; while they drink, pollen sticks to them and is carried to other flowers (pollination). Bees make honey from nectar. Phrases: «drink nectar», «collect nectar».

### Examples

- Bees collect nectar from flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/#x1)
- Butterflies drink nectar with their long tongues. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/#x2)
- Hummingbirds feed on nectar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/#x3)
- Bees turn nectar into honey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/#x4)
- The flowers make nectar to attract insects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/#x5)
- This peach nectar is thick and sweet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. Nectar and pollen are different: nectar is a sweet liquid; pollen is a yellow powder.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nectar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nectar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nectar.html) on Mova free.