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nectar

noun · /NEK-ter/

Nectar is a sweet liquid made by flowers. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds drink it, and bees can use it to help make honey.

In a sentence

  • "The butterfly dipped its long tongue into the flower to sip the nectar."
  • "A busy bee carried nectar back to the hive on a sunny spring morning."

Books where you'll see it

  • The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive
    Joanna Cole
  • National Geographic Readers: Bees
    Laura Marsh
  • The Honeybee
    Kirsten Hall
  • The Lightning Thief
    Rick Riordan
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