Word Meanings - NECTARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.

Related words: (words related to NECTARY)

• NECTARINE
  Nectareous. Milton.
• NECTARIZE
  To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten. Cockeram.
• COLUMBINE
  Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. "Columbine innocency." Bacon.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• BLOSSOMY
  Full of blossoms; flowery.
• BLOSSOM
  D. bloesem, L. fios, and E. flower; from the root of E. blow to 1. The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a
• COROLLATE; COROLLATED
  Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.
• NECTARIFEROUS
  Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• NASTURTIUM
  A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste. (more info) nose + torquere, tortum, to twist, torture,
• NECTAR
  The drink of the gods ; hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
• NECTARY
  That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.
• BLOSSOMLESS
  Without blossoms.
• LARKSPUR
  A genus of ranunculaceous plants , having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur has two petals bearded with yellow
• WHETHERING
  The retention of the afterbirth in cows. Gardner.
• ILLUSTRATION
  1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct. 2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible,
• NECTARIED
  Having a nectary.
• NECTARIAL
  Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.
• NECTAREOUS
  Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious; nectarean. Pope. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ly, adv. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ness, n.
• COROLLACEOUS
  Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.
• EMBLOSSOM
  To cover or adorn with blossoms. On the white emblossomed spray. J. Cunningham.
• PARACOROLLA
  A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.