nectar

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The sweet liquid that flowers produce to attract bees, birds, and other animals.

   Bees collect nectar from flowers to make honey.

2. 2
   noun

   A delicious sweet drink, especially a thick fruit juice.

   We drank cold peach nectar in the heat.

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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