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The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.

Nectareous.

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.

The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

Immorality; also, the nectar conferring immortality. -- a. Ambrosial; immortal.

A nectarine.

udded stock, fruit different from that which it would naturally bear. The apricot and the nectarine may be, and usually are, budded upon the peach; the plum and the peach are budded on each other. Farm. Dict.

That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. That precious nectar may the taste renew Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. Beau. & Fl.

, to drink milk or water. There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. Spenser. The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. Thackeray.

rs while vibrating their wings very rapidly with a humming noise. They feed both upon the nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States is Trochilus culubris. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See Calliope, and Ruby-throat. --…

To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce. And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel. Milton.