Definitions for nectaries

nectaries nec·ta·ry

Spelling: [nek-tuh-ree]
IPA: /ˈnɛk tə ri/

Nectaries is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 817 anagrams from letters in nectaries (aceeinrst).

Definitions for nectaries

noun

  1. Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
  2. Entomology. a cornicle (formerly thought to secrete honeydew).

Origin of nectaries

From the New Latin word nectarium, dating back to 1590-1600. See nectar, -y3

Examples for nectaries

Its nectaries are stored with sweets, and I fancy each opening bud keenly alert with conscious solicitude for its affinity.

These serve as nectaries, s, the whorl of stamens inserted on the thalamus and surrounding the pistil.

The two nectaries are underneath and at the base of the cowl-shaped upper sepal which gives the plant its name.

nectaries 5, united throughout their length with the receptacle, their bases curved like the sides of the fleur de lis.

Bees whether solitary or social enter flowers for the sake of the honey in their nectaries and the pollen on their anthers.

The Hunting Wasp takes her fill of honey drawn from the nectaries of the flowers, but feeds her little ones on game.

The older botanists described these petals as nectaries, with crested claws.

Above the nectaries is a 5-angled crown, the extremity of the receptacle; in each angle a black anther.

Honey is obtained by bees from the nectaries of flowers, which, it is well known, are constantly secreting a sweet thick fluid.

This would tend to their respective perpetuation, and to the constant lengthening of nectaries and probosces.

Word Value for nectaries
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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