nectariumn.

Brit.

/nɛkˈtɛːrɪəm/, U.S.

/nɛkˈtɛriəm/

Inflections: Plural nectaria.

Forms: 1700s nectareum, 1700s– nectarium.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nectarium, nectarius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nectarium (T. F. Dalibard Florae Parisiensis Prodromus (1749) p. xlii), use as noun of neuter singular of classical Latin nectarius (see nectarious adj.).

Botany.

= nectary n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > nectar or honey-dew > part of plant secreting

honey gland1751

nectarium1753

nectary1759

nectar chamber1865

nectar gland1877

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Nectarium, among botanists,..a part of the corolla, sometimes, though more rarely the whole.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 75 As for the honey, it is extracted from that part of the flower called the nectareum.

1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 58 The honied essences lodged in the nectaria of flowers.

1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. iii. 127 Saccharine matter is found in the nectarium of flowers.

1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 135 Aquilegias hereabouts are cross-fertilized by pollen-hunting insects... If this be the fact, as I believe it to be, the arrangement of the nectarium in the case is superfluous.

1936 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 63 528 The nectarium (the writer prefers this term to the commonly used ‘gland’), and its appendages vary bewilderingly.

1983 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 110 325/2 Each hood (cucullus) has a hooked beak that acts as a reservoir for nectar secreted by the nectaria of the stigmatic chambers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nectarium
释义	nectariumn. Brit. /nɛkˈtɛːrɪəm/, U.S. /nɛkˈtɛriəm/ Inflections: Plural nectaria. Forms: 1700s nectareum, 1700s– nectarium. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nectarium, nectarius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nectarium (T. F. Dalibard Florae Parisiensis Prodromus (1749) p. xlii), use as noun of neuter singular of classical Latin nectarius (see nectarious adj.). Botany. = nectary n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > nectar or honey-dew > part of plant secreting honey gland1751 nectarium1753 nectary1759 nectar chamber1865 nectar gland1877 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Nectarium, among botanists,..a part of the corolla, sometimes, though more rarely the whole. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 75 As for the honey, it is extracted from that part of the flower called the nectareum. 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 58 The honied essences lodged in the nectaria of flowers. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. iii. 127 Saccharine matter is found in the nectarium of flowers. 1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 135 Aquilegias hereabouts are cross-fertilized by pollen-hunting insects... If this be the fact, as I believe it to be, the arrangement of the nectarium in the case is superfluous. 1936 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 63 528 The nectarium (the writer prefers this term to the commonly used ‘gland’), and its appendages vary bewilderingly. 1983 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 110 325/2 Each hood (cucullus) has a hooked beak that acts as a reservoir for nectar secreted by the nectaria of the stigmatic chambers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753
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