Definition of Nectarial

1. a. Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.

Definition of Nectarial

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nectarial

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Nectarial

1. Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nectarial

necrotizing scleritis
necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
necrotomies
necrotomy
necrotroph
necrotrophic
necrotrophs
nectaplum
nectaplums
nectar
nectareal
nectarean
nectared
nectarel
nectareous
nectarial (current term)
nectaried
nectaries
nectariferous
nectariless
nectarine
nectarine tree
nectarines
nectarivorous
nectarize
nectarized
nectarizes
nectarizing
nectarless
nectarlike

Literary usage of Nectarial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flora Indica, Or, Descriptions of Indian Plants by William Roxburgh (1832)
"nectarial filaments simple, subulate and incurved. Nelen Schena major. Rheed. Mai. xi. /. 20. From Canton in China Mr. William Kerr sent this plant to the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"A very few of these which occur on the edge of the nectarial surface have ... On old dead fronds the nectarial stomata are so large as to be seen with the ..."

3. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"In others, I have not been able to make sure of the existence of nectarial cells, either on the surface of the ovary or on the ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"nectarial gland. e. Lobe, and/, the other lobe of the limb. Figt. ... It. nectarial gland. e. Marginal extension of the anther-cell. Fig. 7. ..."

5. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1849)
"Corolla none, except the calyx or nectarial glands be considered as such. ... Filaments four, alternate with the nectarial glands, and of the same length, ..."

6. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"Fenner's ' recent investigations include Sarracenia flava, L., in which they deal with the nectarial glands found on the under side of the lid and around ..."

7. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1833)
"Corolla none, except the calyx or nectarial glands be considered as such. Nectary of four roundish, ... Filaments four, alternate with the nectarial ..."

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