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Definition of Nectariferous
1. Adjective. Possessing nectaries.
Definition of Nectariferous
1. a. Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.
Definition of Nectariferous
1. Adjective. That yields nectar ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Nectariferous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nectariferous
Literary usage of Nectariferous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"in many series, the cohering bases of all of which coat the inferior 1-celled
many- ovuled ovary, arid above it form a tube or cup, nectariferous at base. ..."
2. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"nectariferous, bearing honey, or nectaries. ... nectariferous-TUBE in Pelargonium
is the tube or swelled part at the top of ..."
3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"... club-shaped or campanulate, without glands, scales or nectariferous pits. 3.
GENTIANA. Corolla rotate, with i or 2 fringed glands at the base of each ..."
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