nectar

• The blooms themselves didn't look particularly beautiful and unusual, by the standards that had been established half a century ago, and the symphony of their nectar was also expectable—but it wasn't the shape, color and scent of the blooms that stunned me with amazement. —  Asimov'sSF,March2008
• Not that it is striking per se, but that the nectar is actually enclosed in special chambers, in the bracts, and completely closed. —  Seeds Aside
• Most honey is produced from the nectar which is the sugar water in flowers or where the palm wine tappers have cut palms. —  World Posts - Daily Observer - RSS
• At first, before the shell has hardened, they penetrate the nut apparently for the nectar which is the substance of the immature kernel. —  Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952
• We'll see then if our nectar is anything like theirs Redgrave went below. —  A Honeymoon in Space

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