Definition of nectary in English:
nectary
nounPlural nectaries ˈnɛkt(ə)riˈnɛktəri
Botany A nectar-secreting glandular organ in a flower (floral) or on a leaf or stem (extrafloral).
Example sentencesExamples
- The calyx, the subtending bracts and the two prophylls bear groups of extrafloral nectaries (single peltate trichomes).
- Major morphological differences in the family are found in the type of inflorescences, and the shape and position of the nectary bracts.
- Many possess, at the base of the ovary, a disc-like nectary from which nectar is secreted via modified stomata.
- As the flowers are proterogynous anthesis was considered to comprise the period between bud opening and the abscission of stamens and nectaries.
- The nectary is supplied by a single vascular bundle comprising xylem and phloem.
- Double flowers occur when the nectaries extend and become flattened, looking like sepals.
- Flowers of both sexes lack petals and nectaries.
- Oil glands or nectaries are absent; thus, pollen is the only available floral resource for pollinators.
- The floral nectaries are hidden inside a globose corolla, and produce abundant nectar.
- Saccate nectary at base of floral tube formed by partial fusion of labellum and column.
- So these are called extra floral nectaries and this process really drives what goes on here in this forest.
- At the anthesis, a nectary is present at the base of the ovary and trichomes can be observed on the ovary epidermis.
- Their leaves have nectaries, which produce nectar consumed by the ants.
- A ‘faucet and sink’ arrangement occurs in this species and the nectary is represented by a small protuberance on the ventral surface of the column.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from modern Latin nectarium, from nectar (see nectar).