Definitions for nectary

nectary nec·ta·ry

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

Nectary is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 237 anagrams from letters in nectary (acenrty).

Definitions for nectary

noun

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

Origin of nectary

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

Examples for nectary

The humming-bird alone can reach the bottom of the nectary of the honeysuckle; but even here the instinct of the bee is seen.

Its nectary tube is five inches in length, and as slender as a knitting-needle.

Her own food has been honey drawn from the nectary of a flower.

Opposite each carpel is a small scale which functions as a nectary.

Where in relation to the nectary are the stigma and the anthers?

When the colour is absent from only one of the two upper petals, the nectary is not quite aborted but is much shortened.

In studying any flower fertilized by insects always ask: Where is the nectary?

The flowers expand, and a set of vessels pour into the cup or nectary a minute portion of honey.

Stamens 5, inserted on the nectary, and alternating with the lobes of the latter.

Angræcum, orchid of Madagascar, with nectary eleven inches long, 219.

Word Value for nectary
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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