nectary

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a gland or specialized plant structure that secretes nectar

   A bee reached deep into the flower to feed from its nectary.

From New Latin nectarium, formed from nectar and the place-forming suffix -arium. The English ending was reshaped to -ary; the word names the part of a flower or other plant structure in which nectar is produced.

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