Word Meanings - NECTARIFEROUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.

Related words: (words related to NECTARIFEROUS)

• NECTARINE
  Nectareous. Milton.
• NECTARIZE
  To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten. Cockeram.
• SECRETE
  To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion. Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not known. Carpenter. Syn. -- To conceal; hide. See
• SECRETARY
  secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, 1. One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets. 2. A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public
• SECRET
  segreto), fr. L. secretus, p.p. of secrernere to put apart, to 1. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow. Shak. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us. Deut.
• NECTARIFEROUS
  Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.
• SECRETNESS
  1. The state or quality of being secret, hid, or concealed. 2. Secretiveness; concealment. Donne.
• NECTAR
  The drink of the gods ; hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
• NECTARY
  That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.
• SECRETORY
  Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. -- n.
• SECRETARIAT; SECRETARIATE
  The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc.
• NECTARIED
  Having a nectary.
• SECRETITIOUS
  Parted by animal secretion; as, secretitious humors. Floyer.
• NECTARIAL
  Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.
• NECTAREOUS
  Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious; nectarean. Pope. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ly, adv. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ness, n.
• SECRETLY
  In a secret manner.
• NECTARED
  Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar. Milton.
• NECTAREAN
  Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant. "nectarean juice." Talfourd.
• SECRETARYSHIP
  The office, or the term of office, of a secretary.
• SECRETO-MOTORY
  Causing secretion; -- said of nerves which go to glands and influence secretion.
• UNDERSECRETARY
  A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
• EXCITO-SECRETORY
  Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action.
• HYPERSECRETION
  Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.
• UNSECRET
  To disclose; to divulge. Bacon.