extrafloral en · ADJ
Etymology
From extra- + floral.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) 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: