单词 | nectar spur |
释义 | > as lemmasnectar spur nectar spur n. Botany (in certain flowers) an elongated, nectar-containing tube that typically forms a hollow extension from the rear of a petal or sepal. ΚΠ 1881 Psyche 3 257 The nectar spur is perforated by ants. 1955 Irish Naturalists' Jrnl. 11 343 The nectar spur was curved and elongated in Gymnadenia conopsea. 2004 I. Arbel Amazing Plants 14/1 (caption) Darwin's Orchid (Anagraecum sesquipedale). When Charles Darwin discovered this orchid in Madagascar, the flower's foot-long nectar spur, or tube, puzzled him. < as lemmas |
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