English dictionary: words starting with nect

noun

A sugary fluid secreted within flowers to encourage pollination by insects and other animals, collected by bees to make into honey.

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The number of flowers per inflorescence and the volume of nectar secreted per flower were not corre…

adjective

Filled, flavoured, or impregnated with nectar (literally or figuratively); deliciously sweet or fragrant.

adjective

Of the nature of a nectary; of or relating to a nectary.

adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling nectar; = "nectarean".

adjective

Of a flower or plant: having nectaries.

noun

A nectar-secreting glandular organ in a flower (floral) or on a leaf or stem (extrafloral).

Usage examples:

The calyx, the subtending bracts and the two prophylls bear groups of extrafloral nectaries (single…

adjective

(of a flower) producing nectar.

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The declining flowering phase of b. monosperma coincided with the peak flowering phase of erythrina…

noun

A peach of a variety with smooth red and yellow skin and rich, firm flesh.

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Infestations of grapes are often due to a buildup in other soft fruits such as figs, apricots, peac…

noun

A peach of a variety with smooth red and yellow skin and rich, firm flesh.

Usage examples:

Infestations of grapes are often due to a buildup in other soft fruits such as figs, apricots, peac…

adjective

Nectareous.

adjective

(of an animal) feeding on nectar.

Usage examples:

Frugivorous and nectarivorous birds have lower endogenous n losses and lower n equilibrium than gra…

verb

To sweeten with or as with nectar.

verb

To sweeten with or as with nectar.

verb

To sweeten with or as with nectar.

noun

A nectar-secreting glandular organ in a flower (floral) or on a leaf or stem (extrafloral).

Usage examples:

The calyx, the subtending bracts and the two prophylls bear groups of extrafloral nectaries (single…

adjective

Nectariferous.

noun

= nectophore .

noun

In some siphonophores: a zooid which has a swimming bell but lacks a manubrium, and which contracts rhythmically to propel the colony through the water.

noun

A genus of ascomycete fungi (family hypocreaceae) mostly having brightly-coloured (red or yellow) fruiting bodies and including a number of plant pathogens, especially n. galligena, which causes apple canker; (also nectria) a fungus of this genus.