nectary

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I expected, it is always the central or sub-central flower; but what is far more curious, the nectary, which is blended with the peduncle of the flowers, gradually lessens and quite disappears (588/1.

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  1. noun A glandlike organ, located outside or within a flower, that secretes nectar.

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  1. New Latin nectārium, from nectar.

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  1. = French nectaire = Spanish Portuguese nectario = Italian nettario, from New Latin nectarium (Linnæus), a nectary (cf. Greek νεκ-τάριου, a certain plant, otherwise έλε/νιον: see Helenium), from Greek νέκταρ, nectar; see nectar.
 

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