Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, lying free in a cup-shaped or nest-like body, as the sporangia in the receptacle of plants of the genus Nidularia; also, lying loose in pulp, like the seeds of true berries. Lindley. Also
nidulate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Nestling, as a bird in its nest.
- adjective (Bot.) Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Nestling , as abird in itsnest . - adjective botany Lying loose in
pulp orcotton within aberry orpericarp .
Etymologies
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Latin nidulans, p.pr.: compare French nidulant.
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