Pistillate
['pɪstɪlət] or ['pɪstɪlɪt]
Definition
(adj.) having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant .
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Definition
(a.) Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.
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Examples
- The little red pistillate flowers had some strange, almost mystic-passionate attraction for her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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