Nectar

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Nectar

A sugar solution of varied composition produced by flowers to attract pollinators, or a sugar solution produced in glands located outside flowers to attract animals, usually insects such as ants, to protect the plant from predation.

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Mori, S. (2007). Nectar. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Nectar