extrafloral
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extrafloral (not comparable)
- (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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
extrafloral m or f (masculine and feminine plural extraflorales)