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  • adjective Without nectar.

Etymologies

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nectar +‎ -less

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Examples

  • Butterflies which have feasted among the umbrella-trees on the beach and on the edge of the jungle flit about the garden and almost invariably visit the red but nectarless acalypha.

    The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

  • Butterflies which have feasted among the umbrella-trees on the beach and on the edge of the jungle flit about the garden and almost invariably visit the red but nectarless acalypha.

    Confessions of a Beachcomber 1887

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