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t. [imp. &
p. p. Nectarized (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Nectarizing (?).] To mingle or infuse with
nectar; to sweeten. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Nec"tar*ous (?), a.
Nectareous. Milton.

Nec"ta*ry (?), n.; pl.
Nectaries (#). [From Nectar: cf. F.
nectaire.] (Bot.) 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.

||Nec`to*ca"lyx (?), n.; pl.
Nectocalyces (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; swimming + &?;
a calyx.] (Zoöl.) (a) The swimming
bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa. (b)
One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the
form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and
acting as a swimming organ.

{ Nec"to*sac, Nec"to*sack } (?),
n.

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