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Definition of Nectary
1. Noun. A gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar.
Definition of Nectary
1. n. 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.
Definition of Nectary
1. Noun. (botany) A gland that secretes nectar ¹
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Definition of Nectary
1. a plant gland [n -TARIES]
Medical Definition of Nectary
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Origin: From Nectar: cf. F. Nectaire.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nectary
Literary usage of Nectary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1849)
"WE consider the nectary as a peculiar organ, in a physiological as well as in a
... The cells of the nectary are very small, globular or nearly so, ..."
2. Elements of Botany: Or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables by Benjamin Smith Barton (1804)
"The nectary assumes a variety of forms, in different species of vegetables.
Thus, i. in many flowers, it is shaped like a horn, or the spur of a cock. ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"This idea is now abandoned, and the nectary is not considered an essential or
... "With him the corolla of a flower consisted of the petal and the nectary; ..."
4. First Lessons in Botany: Designed for Common Schools in the United States by Alphonso Wood (1856)
"Give, us some examples and forms of the nectary.—In the Violet, Larkspur, Columbine,
&c., ... What is the nectary ?—The nectary is properly an apparatus ..."
5. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1812)
"As a specimen of the nectary in the calyx, I shall give the stock (pi. iv, fig.
1.) Here the two opposite leaves serve as the hidden nectary, ..."
6. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1837)
"In many flowers there is an organ called the nectary, which secretes a peculiar
... Linnaeus considered the nectary as a separate organ from the corolla; ..."
7. British Phaenogamous Botany, Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by W. (William) Baxter by W. (William) Baxter (1835)
"nectary (see tig. 3.) of 2 small, pellucid, shining, e^g-shaped scales, considered
by some Botanists as an inner corolla, these closely embrace the germen, ..."
8. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"Silica 25.5 Iron 25.0 lar; nectary two-valved, involving th£ filaments ; stigma
... Essential character: petals three, concave ; nectary of three small ..."
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