nectariferous

American  

[nek-tuh-rif-er-uhs] / ˌnɛk təˈrɪf ər əs /

adjective

Botany.

1. producing nectar.

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Etymology

Origin of nectariferous

First recorded in 1750–60; nectar + -i- + -ferous

Example Sentences

At the base of the petal a nectariferous scale is seen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Moreover, some few plants, such as certain poppies, which are not nectariferous, have guiding marks; but we might perhaps expect that some few plants would retain traces of a former nectariferous condition.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles

Hypogynous disk of 5 nectariferous glands alternate with the stamens.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

The disk is hypogynous with five nectariferous glands which are alternate with the stamens.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

Petals yellow, with nectariferous pit and scale; carpels thin-walled, striate, in an oblong head; scapose, spreading by runners.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa