Assertion: hummingbird | /r/Desires | nectar
Facets:
value: through wicking action
type: MANNER
value: the force that brings
type: OTHER
value: into their mouths
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from feeders
type: OTHER
value: as a source of nutrients
type: PURPOSE
value: largely
type: DEGREE
value: from flowers
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Hummingbirds rely on nectar for about 90% of their diet.
text: Although hummingbirds love and depend on nectar from flowers and feeders, their feeding needs change when newborns arrive.
text: Hummingbirds relay largely for nectar as a source of nutrients.
text: But the nectar cannot be too concentrated and sticky, because hummingbirds rely on a long, tube-like tongue to draw nectar into their mouths through wicking action (the force that brings water up a straw when the straw is stuck in a glass).