extrafloral

English

Etymology

From extra- +‎ floral.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
• Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

Adjective

extrafloral (not comparable)

1. (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

Adjective

extrafloral m or f (masculine and feminine plural extraflorales)

1. extrafloral