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Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant. "nectarean juice." Talfourd.

Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar. Milton.

Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious; nectarean. Pope. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ly, adv. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ness, n.

Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.

Having a nectary.

Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.

Nectareous. [R.] Milton.

To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Nectareous. Milton.

That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.

One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.

The cavity of a nectocalyx.

That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in the Siphonophora.

An adder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.

A pet name for a donkey.

he name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame de Staël, née Necker.

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want. And the city had no need of the sun. Rev. xxi. 23. I have no need to beg. Shak. Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy. Jer. Taylor.

One who needs anything. Shak.

Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [Archaic] Chaucer. The needful time of trouble. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

In a needy condition or manner; necessarily. Chaucer.