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nectariferous

adjective as in honeylike

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Petals yellow, with nectariferous pit and scale; carpels thin-walled, striate, in an oblong head; scapose, spreading by runners.

At the base of the petal a nectariferous scale is seen.

So are all Nectaries, whether hollow spurs, sacs, or other concavities in which nectar is secreted, and all nectariferous glands.

The disk is hypogynous with five nectariferous glands which are alternate with the stamens.

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

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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