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Webster 1913 Edition

Nectary

Nec′ta-ry

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Noun.
;
pl.
Nectaries
(#)
.
[From
Nectar
: cf. F.
nectaire
.]
(Bot.)
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nectary

NECTARY

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Noun.
In botany, the melliferous part of a vegetable, peculiar to the flower. It usually makes a part of the corol, gut is sometimes distinct from it. Sometimes ti is in the form of a horn or spur; sometimes in that of a cup; whence it is called the honey cup.

Definition 2024

nectary

nectary

English

Noun

nectary ‎(plural nectaries)

  1. (botany) A gland that secretes nectar

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