Etymology From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”).
They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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Broadly Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.
Etymology From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”).
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To feed on nectar.
Nectaring is one of butterflies' favourite activities.
On the lane below, more orangetips nectared on spring beauties and violets.2010, Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year, page 123: