extrafloral

English

Etymology

extra- +‎ floral

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
  • Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

Adjective

extrafloral (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Describing a nectary that is situated on a leaf or stem rather than in a flower
    • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 26:
      Bullhorn acacia ants live off extrafloral nectar [...] and protein-rich Beltian bodies [...] of the host tree.

Spanish

Adjective

extrafloral m or f (masculine and feminine plural extraflorales)

  1. extrafloral
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