nectar
Example Sentences
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He trained hummingbirds to eat nectar out of his hand and posted the videos on Instagram.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"The feathers are saying that, yes, they will metabolize it. And then this study is saying that ethanol is actually pretty widespread in the nectar they consume."
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026
As bees and hummingbirds move from one flower to another, feeding on nectar while helping plants reproduce, they are also consuming something unexpected: small amounts of alcohol.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026
Caporale suggests adding agave nectar to sweeten the lime juice base, along with orange juice or orange peel to compensate for the lack of triple sec.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026
They’d found it worked on Nico better than nectar, helping to cleanse the fatigue and darkness from his system with less danger of spontaneous combustion.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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