any of various glandular structures secreting nectar that occur in the flowers, leaves, stipules, etc, of a plant
2.
any of the abdominal tubes in aphids through which honeydew is secreted
Derived forms
nectarial (nɛkˈtɛərɪəl)
adjective
Word origin
C18: from New Latin nectarium, from nectar
Examples of 'nectaries' in a sentence
nectaries
Probable functions of cyathial nectaries and animal visitors are discussed.
Karuppanan Arumugasamy, Ramalingam B. Subramanian, Jayant A. Inamdar 2014, 'Structure, ontogeny and histochemistry of cyathial nectaries in Euphorbia heterophyllaL. (Euphorbiaceae)', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/1216. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nectaries have secretory parenchyma, with vascular tissue, constituted mainly of phloem.
Luiz Antonio de Souza, Ismar Sebastião Moscheta 2000, 'Morfo-anatomia e aspectos da biologia floral de Nectandra megapotamica (Spreng.) Mez(Lauraceae) Morphology, anatomy and floral biology of Nectandra megapotamica (Spreng.)Mez (Lauraceae)', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062000000100003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Eranthis hyemalis flowers develop funnel-shaped nectaries, on average 3-6 per flower.
Krystyna Rysiak, Beata Żuraw 2012, 'The biology of flowering of winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis (L.) Salisb.)', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/1408. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nectaries originate from a group of initials and trichomes from a single epidermal cell.
Tom Jose, Jayant A. Inamdar 2014, 'Structure and development of extrafloral nectaries and trichomes in Macaranga peltata(Roxb.) Muell. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae)', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/2937. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The probable functions of nectaries and trichomes are discussed.
Tom Jose, Jayant A. Inamdar 2014, 'Structure and development of extrafloral nectaries and trichomes in Macaranga peltata(Roxb.) Muell. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae)', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/2937. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nectaries were sampled at different development stages: closed bud, budburst and full bloom.
Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska, Mirosława Chwil, Magdalena Michońska 2012, 'Micromorphology of nectaries of Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. at different flowerdevelopment stages', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/1760. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The nectaries in the four species vary in terms of their sizes.
Mirosława Chwil, Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska 2012, 'Comparison of features of the epidermis and the size of the floral nectary in fourspecies of the genus Cotoneaster Med.', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/1439. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These trichomes are functionally termed as nectaries.
THÁLIA S.S. GAMA, ANA CRISTINA A. DE AGUIAR-DIAS, DIEGO DEMARCO 2016, 'Transfer cells in trichomatous nectary in Adenocalymma magnificum (Bignoniaceae)',Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciênciashttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652016000200527&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)