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extrafloral

extrafloral adjective: of a nectary: situated on a leaf or stem rather than in a flower.

Adjective

extrafloral (not comparable)

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

Origin of extrafloral

From extra- + floral.

Words that rhyme with extrafloral

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Questions about extrafloral

What does extrafloral mean?
Extrafloral means of a nectary: situated on a leaf or stem rather than in a flower.
What part of speech is extrafloral?
Extrafloral is an adjective.

Words near extrafloral in the dictionary

  1. extrafibrillar
  2. extrafibrillary
  3. extrafine
  4. extraflagellar
  5. extrafloccular
  6. extrafloral
  7. extrafocal
  8. extrafoliaceous
  9. extrafollicular
  10. extrafollicularly
  11. extraforaminal

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