nectaryn.

Brit.

/ˈnɛkt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈnɛktəri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nectar n., -y suffix³.

Etymology: < nectar n. + -y suffix³. In sense 2 after post-classical Latin nectarium nectarium n.; compare -ary suffix¹. Compare French nectaire (1769 in sense 2).

†1. Perhaps: a (body of) sweet fluid, suggestive of nectar. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [noun] > sweet thing

sweetnessc725

sweeta1300

nectary1598

ambrosia1605

1598 F. Rous Thule ii. sig. T 3 Her folded eyes, Drowning themselues in their owne Nectaries.

2. Botany. A nectar-secreting gland in a flower or on another part of a plant; (also) a part of a flower that contains the secreted nectar.

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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

1759 B. Stillingfleet in tr. Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. p. xxix The part of the flower that contains honey is called The nectary.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 3 The tube of the blossom serves the purpose of a Nectary in many flowers, as in the Honey-suckle.

1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 222 The corolla consists of six..petals, enclosing a tuberculated bristled nectary.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. xiii. iii. 324 Some pierced the nectaries of the flowers with their fine bills.

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 269 An arrangement which..facilitates the extraction of honey from the nectaries of flowers.

1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects ii. 47 Liquid food may..be obtained superficially—as, for instance, the nectar oozing from the nectaries in flowers.

1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 134 In many Vetches there are extra-floral nectaries, on the undersides of the stipules, which secrete nectar in sunny weather.

1976 T. Hooper Guide to Bees & Honey iv. x. 213 These nectaries are not just holes in the plant which allow sap to escape but active organs which select from the sap those substances which are to be secreted as nectar.

1988 Times 15 July 11/3 Nectar in an orchid is very hard to get at, being stored in small organs called nectaries situated right at the bottom of the deep flower corolla tubes.

2001 OG Nov. 18/3 Fava beans have extrafloral nectaries that release sugary nectar even when the flowers are not open.

†3. Entomology. A cornicle of an aphid (formerly supposed to secrete honeydew). Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Aphis > abdominal tube secreting fluid

siphonet1826

siphuncle1826

honey tube1841

nectary1890

siphunculus1939

1890 Cent. Dict. Nectary,..one of two little tubular organs in the abdomen of an aphis or plant-louse.

1898 A. S. Packard Text-bk. Entomol. 365 Busgen..observed that on reaching the air the drops issuing from the ‘nectary’ or ‘honey’ tube stiffened almost instantly into a wax-like mass.

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

单词	nectary
释义	nectaryn. Brit. /ˈnɛkt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈnɛktəri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nectar n., -y suffix³. Etymology: < nectar n. + -y suffix³. In sense 2 after post-classical Latin nectarium nectarium n.; compare -ary suffix¹. Compare French nectaire (1769 in sense 2). †1. Perhaps: a (body of) sweet fluid, suggestive of nectar. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [noun] > sweet thing sweetnessc725 sweeta1300 nectary1598 ambrosia1605 1598 F. Rous Thule ii. sig. T 3 Her folded eyes, Drowning themselues in their owne Nectaries. 2. Botany. A nectar-secreting gland in a flower or on another part of a plant; (also) a part of a flower that contains the secreted nectar. 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 1759 B. Stillingfleet in tr. Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. p. xxix The part of the flower that contains honey is called The nectary. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 3 The tube of the blossom serves the purpose of a Nectary in many flowers, as in the Honey-suckle. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 222 The corolla consists of six..petals, enclosing a tuberculated bristled nectary. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. xiii. iii. 324 Some pierced the nectaries of the flowers with their fine bills. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 269 An arrangement which..facilitates the extraction of honey from the nectaries of flowers. 1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects ii. 47 Liquid food may..be obtained superficially—as, for instance, the nectar oozing from the nectaries in flowers. 1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 134 In many Vetches there are extra-floral nectaries, on the undersides of the stipules, which secrete nectar in sunny weather. 1976 T. Hooper Guide to Bees & Honey iv. x. 213 These nectaries are not just holes in the plant which allow sap to escape but active organs which select from the sap those substances which are to be secreted as nectar. 1988 Times 15 July 11/3 Nectar in an orchid is very hard to get at, being stored in small organs called nectaries situated right at the bottom of the deep flower corolla tubes. 2001 OG Nov. 18/3 Fava beans have extrafloral nectaries that release sugary nectar even when the flowers are not open. †3. Entomology. A cornicle of an aphid (formerly supposed to secrete honeydew). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Aphis > abdominal tube secreting fluid siphonet1826 siphuncle1826 honey tube1841 nectary1890 siphunculus1939 1890 Cent. Dict. Nectary,..one of two little tubular organs in the abdomen of an aphis or plant-louse. 1898 A. S. Packard Text-bk. Entomol. 365 Busgen..observed that on reaching the air the drops issuing from the ‘nectary’ or ‘honey’ tube stiffened almost instantly into a wax-like mass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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