Definition of Nectary. Meaning of Nectary. Synonyms of Nectary

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Definition of Nectary

Nectary
Nectary Nec"ta*ry, n.; pl. Nectaries. [From Nectar: cf. F. nectaire.] (Bot.) That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.

Meaning of Nectary from wikipedia

- plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient...
- cross-pollinated by several species of honeyeater and thornbill, which visit nectaries on the phyllodes and brush against flowers, transferring pollen between...
- shape to a "Turk's cap". The tepals are free from each other, and bear a nectary at the base of each flower. The ovary is 'superior', borne above the point...
- for corolla tube and calyx tube.[citation needed] It often contains the nectaries of the plant. It is present in many plant families, although varies in...
- have 5 petals attached to a nectary disk, but in Velascoa the flowers are campanulate and have an extremely reduced nectary disk. Apacheria - one species...
- female or male, the species is called dioecious. Many flowers have floral nectaries, which are glands that produce a sugary fluid (nectar) used to attract...
- exhibit nectaries consisting of densely arranged multicellular hairs resembling trichomes. In most of Malvaceae s.l., these trichomatous nectaries are located...
- averaged eight seeds per plant. Vicia faba also produces extrafloral nectaries that Lasius niger can feed from directly. The Plebejus argus butterfly...
- fruits, and inferior to half-inferior gynoecia topped with disc-shaped nectaries. In the classification system of Dahlgren the Cornales were in the superorder...
- bears the sepals, petals, and stamens. There may also be a nectary producing nectar. Nectaries may develop on or in the perianth, receptacle, androecium...