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Some plants secrete a sweet substance from nectaries, or nectar glands.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Extrafloral nectaries are found on peony buds and as a pair of glands at the base of cherry leaves, for example.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
But other plants produce different types of nectar glands called extrafloral nectaries.
—Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
In these cases, nectaries may not always be within a flower.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 10 Mar. 2023
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Extrafloral nectaries are found on peony buds and as a pair of glands at the base of cherry leaves, for example.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
But other plants produce different types of nectar glands called extrafloral nectaries.
—Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
In these cases, nectaries may not always be within a flower.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 10 Mar. 2023
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“Nectary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nectary. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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