1. (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

2. (n.) An unguent of the gods.

3. (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.

4. (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.

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