extrafloral

English

Etymology

From extra- +‎ floral.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
  • Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

Adjective

extrafloral (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Of a nectary: 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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