Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Producing nectar.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Producing nectar, as a flower.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.

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  • adjective That yields nectar

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective possessing nectaries

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Examples

  • Moreover there has been no off-hand, untimely destruction of the nectariferous blossoms of millions of trees and shrubs.

    My Tropic Isle 2003

  • Moreover there has been no off-hand, untimely destruction of the nectariferous blossoms of millions of trees and shrubs.

    My Tropic Isle 1887

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