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

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nectariferous

Corolla bell-shaped, 5-cleft; the lobes convolute in the bud; the tube furnished with 5 longitudinal linear appendages opposite the lobes, which cohere by their middle, while their edges are folded inward, forming a nectariferous groove.

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 Asa Gray

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 Asa Gray

So are all Nectaries, whether hollow spurs, sacs, or other concavities in which nectar is secreted, and all nectariferous glands.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray

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 Asa Gray

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

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