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Definitions of nectary in various dictionaries:
noun - a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar
noun - a plant gland
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Juicy part of a flower |
Pollinator's destination |
Damaged crate in a state in part of plant |
Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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Dec 9 2014 The Telegraph - Toughie |
May 18 2013 Newsday.com |
Jun 7 2005 Jonesin' |
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A glandlike organ, located outside or within a flower, that secretes nectar. |
a nectar-secreting glandular organ in a flower (floral) or on a leaf or stem (extrafloral). |
a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar |
the part of a flower that produces nectar |
Nectary might refer to |
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Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide antiherbivore protection. Common nectar-consuming pollinators include mosquitoes, hoverflies, wasps, bees, butterflies and moths, hummingbirds, and bats. Nectar plays an important role in the foraging economics and overall evolution of nectar-eating species; for example, nectar and its properties are responsible for the differential evolution of the African honey bee, A. m. scutellata and the western honey bee. * Nectar is an ecologically important item, the sugar source for honey. It is also useful in agriculture and horticulture because the adult stages of some predatory insects feed on nectar. For example, the social wasp species Apoica flavissima relies on nectar as a primary food source. In turn, these wasps then hunt agricultural pes |