Nec*ta"re*an (?), a. [L. nectareus: cf. F. nectaréen.] Resembling
nectar; very sweet and pleasant. "nectarean juice." Talfourd.
Nec"tared (?), a. Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding
with nectar. Milton.
Nec*ta"re"ous (?), a. Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling
nectar; delicious; nectarean. Pope.
-- Nec*ta"re*ous*ly, adv. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ness, n.
Nec*ta"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.
Nec"ta*ried (?), a. Having a nectary.
Nec`tar*if"er*ous (?), a. [L. nectar nectar + -ferous: cf. F.
nectarifère.] (Bot.) Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their
parts.
Nec"tar*ine (?), a. Nectareous. [R.] Milton.
Nec"tar*ine, n. [Cf. F. nectarine. See Nectar.] (Bot.) A smooth-
skinned variety of peach.
Spanish nectarine, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian tree
Chrysobalanus Icaco; -- also called cocoa plum. it is made into a sweet
conserve which a largely exported from Cuba.
Nec"tar*ize (?), v. 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. [Gr. &?; swimming + E. sac, sack.]
(Zoöl.) The cavity of a nectocalyx.
Nec"to*stem (?), n. [Gr. &?; swimming + E. stem.] (Zoöl.) That portion
of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in the Siphonophora.
Ned"der (?), n. [See Adder.] (Zoöl.) An adder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer.
Ned"dy (?), n.; pl. Neddies (&?;). (Zoöl.) A pet name for a donkey.
||Nee (?), p. p., fem. [F., fr. L. nata, fem. of natus, p. p. of nasci
||to be born. See Nation.] Born; -- a term sometimes used in
||introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs
||by birth; as, Madame de Staël, née Necker.
Need (?), n. [OE. need, neod, nede, AS. neád, nd; akin to D. nood, G.
not, noth, Icel. nauðr, Sw. & Dan. nöd, Goth. naups.] 1. A state that
requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity;
urgent want.
And the city had no need of the sun.
Rev. xxi. 23.