nectarlike

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English

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Etymology

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From nectar +‎ -like.

Adjective

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nectarlike (comparative more nectarlike, superlative most nectarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
    • 2007 December 10, Eric Asimov, “Alois Kracher, Austrian Winemaker and Advocate, Is Dead at 48”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.

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