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nec·ta·ry

(nĕk′tə-rē)

n. pl. nec·ta·ries

A nectar-secreting structure located either within a flower or on a leaf or other part of a plant.

[New Latin nectārium, from nectar.]

nec·tar′i·al (-târ′ē-əl) adj.

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Pollination droplets, nectaries, and nectarial secretion in Ephedra.

Degradome and secretome of pollination drops of Ephedra

El tubo del receptaculo de 3.5 -4.5 x 1.1-1.5 cm y la camara nectarial de 1.1-1.4 x 0.5-0.7 cm.

Neoraimondia arequipensis subsp. roseiflora (Werdermann & Backeberg) Ostolaza (Cactaceae): eje de las interacciones en ecosistemas aridos

Indeed, the acceptance of the nectarial stubs as staminodes involves the acceptance of ancestral polyandry in Greyiaceae and Francoaceae, where the related rosid families are all basically diplostemonous.