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What is the noun for nectaplums?

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nectar
  1. (chiefly mythology) The drink of the gods. [from 16th c.]
  2. (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. [from 16th c.]
  3. (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Hummingbirds are very adept at sipping nectar from any, or all, of these plant groups.”
nectarine
  1. A cultivar of the peach distinguished by its skin being smooth, not fuzzy.
  2. (obsolete) A nectar-like liquid medicine.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I love biting into a ripe nectarine on a hot summer day; its sweet and juicy flesh is truly refreshing.”
nectaplum
nectary
  1. (botany) A gland that secretes nectar
  2. Examples:
    1. “The family is characterized by various kinds of sclereids, hypophyllous glands and specific nectary bracts.”
      “The three-lobed labellum is attached to the column by a column foot, where the nectary is located.”
      “As is now regarded as typical of bat-pollinated flowers, the corolla is sturdy and the nectary disk is large.”
nectarivore
  1. (zoology) An animal that principally eats nectar.
nectivore
  1. Synonym of nectarivore
nectarivores
  1. plural of nectarivore
nectaplums
  1. plural of nectaplum
nectarines
  1. plural of nectarine
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Baked nectarines with crushed amaretti biscuits was a lighter and indisputably healthier alternative.”
      “It smells racy, intense and richly baroque, glittering with aromas of apricots, nectarines and mirabelles.”
      “Sweetcorn, red peppers, nectarines, papaya and honeydew melon are good sources.”
nectivores
  1. plural of nectivore
nectaries
  1. plural of nectary
nectars
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