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nectarlike

nectarlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of nectar.

Adjective

nectarlike (comparative more nectarlike, superlative most nectarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
    • Today, Austria, one of the world's oldest wine regions, is much admired for its peppery grüner veltliners; dry, pure, intensely minerally rieslings; and dense, nectarlike sweet wines enhanced by botrytis, the famous noble rot, which concentrates flavors and sugars.2007 December 10, Eric Asimov, “Alois Kracher, Austrian Winemaker and Advocate, Is Dead at 48”, in New York Times

Forms of nectarlike

comparativemore nectarlike
superlativemost nectarlike

Origin of nectarlike

From nectar + -like.

Questions about nectarlike

What does nectarlike mean?
Nectarlike means resembling or characteristic of nectar.
What part of speech is nectarlike?
Nectarlike is an adjective.

Words near nectarlike in the dictionary

  1. nectarized
  2. nectarizes
  3. nectarizing
  4. nectarless
  5. nectarlessness
  6. nectarlike
  7. nectarophagous
  8. nectarostigma
  9. nectarotheca
  10. nectarous
  11. nectars

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