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Extrafloral nectaries are found on peony buds and as a pair of glands at the base of cherry leaves, for example.
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Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
Our study lays the foundation for further research into the evolution and ecology of these nectaries.
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Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
Oregano Botanical Name: Coriandrum sativum Planting Time: Late spring, after threat of frost has passed
The nectaries of oregano blooms are a little larger than those of cilantro and sweet alyssum and thus attract larger insects such as honeybees, native bees, and syrphid (flower) flies.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 June 2024
But other plants produce different types of nectar glands called extrafloral nectaries.
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Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
In these cases, nectaries may not always be within a flower.
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Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 10 Mar. 2023
The nectaries on borage refill far more quickly than those of many other species, meaning that there is more nectar to go around.
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Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 10 Mar. 2023
Some plants produce greater quantities of nectar than others, while in some, nectar in their nectaries is replenished more quickly.
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Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 10 Mar. 2023
Saint-Nectaire—meaning nectary after its aroma—is one of five cheeses that can only be made in the Avergne region, according to France’s Appellation d’Origine Protégée regulations.
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Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian, 22 Nov. 2019
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Etymology
New Latin nectarium, irregular from Latin nectar + -arium -ary
First Known Use
1759, in the meaning defined above
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“Nectary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nectary. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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