A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Nectar: nectar,-aris (s.n.III), acc. sg. nectar, dat.& abl. sg. nectari, nom. & acc. pl. nectaria, gen. pl. nectarium, dat.& abl. pl. nectaribus: “the honey of a flower; the superfluous saccharine matter remaining after the stamens and pistil have consumed all that they require” (Lindley); “a sweet fluid extruded from various parts of the plant; in the flower it is called honey” (Jackson); “any delicious drink; a sweet liquid that is secreted by the nectaries of a plant and that is the chief material used by bees in the production of honey” (WIII) [> L. nectar,-aris, s.n.III, the drink of the gods, a sweet drink such as honey]; see honey, juice, sap; cf. ambrosia,-ae (s.f.I). NOTE: an i-stem neuter noun; see -ar for declension. Nectar flowers: flores nectaries, flores nectarei ???: “without colored perianth or petals, producing sticky pollen, as Salix” [Willow] (Jackson): perhaps flores (pl.m.III) nectariales (adj.B); flores nectarei (adj.A). Nectarilyma,-atis (s.n.III), abl. sg nectarilymate, nom. & acc. pl. nectarilymata (> Gk. verb eilyO ‘I wrap round,’ to wrap around, enfold): “[obsol.] a collection of long hairs found on the inner surface of some flowers, as Menyanthes” (Lindley); “any appendages to a nectary, as the long hairs in Menyanthes” (Jackson).
nectar-bearing, nectarial, “honey-bearing” (Lindley): nectarifer,-fera,-ferum (adj.A); nectarifluus,-a,-um (adj.A), ‘flowing with nectar;’ nectareus,-a,-um (adj.A); - porus nectarifer, nectar-bearing pore; - sulco nectarifero glabro viridi, with nectarial furrow glabrous green - fila saepe appendicibus lateralibus conspicuis sulcum nectariferam formantibus, filaments often with conspicuous lateral appendages forming a nectar groove. - pétala 5-16, conspicua, fovea nectarifera 0 (B&H), the petals 5-16, conspicuous, with the nectariferous depression none. - glandulae nectariferae ad basin stam. majorum (DeCandolle), glandules nectariferous, at the base of the larger stamens [staminum]. - sep. 5 aequalia in calcar seu tubum nectariferum nulla producta (DeCandolle), sepals [sepala] 5, of the same dimensions, noneof them elongated into a nectariferous spur or tube. - tubo nectarifero calyce quadruplo longiori (DeCandolle), with the nectar-bearing tube four times longer than the calyx. - tubus nectarifer obsoletus (DeCandolle), nectar-bearing tube undeveloped. - tubo nectarifero calyce sesquilongiori (DeCandolle), with the nectar-bearing tube one and a half times longer than the calyx. - tubo nectarifero brevissimo obsoleto (DeCandolle), with the nectar-bearing tube very short, vestigial. - tubus nectarifer vix conspicuus (DeCandolle), the nectar-bearing tube scarcely visible. Marsupium,-ii (s.n.II) nectareum (adj.A), M. nectarifluum (adj.A), or M. nectariferum (adj.A): nectarial pouch. Nectaroscordum (s.n.II), > Gk. nektar, nectar + skorodon, garlic; “with reference to the large nectaries on the ovary” (Stearn 1996).
Nectar guides, nectar marks: “lines of color leading to the nectary” (Jackson): maculae(pl.f.I) nectariales (adj.B); maculae nectareae (adj.A).