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.