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n.
The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
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Pistillate.
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Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants.
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The stalk of a pistil.
n. pl.
A Linnaean order of plants having six pistils.
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Having six pistils.
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Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.
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Having stamens, but lacking pistils.
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Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.
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Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Tri/cia.
v. t.
The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
v. t.
That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.
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The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.
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Growing on, or having nature of, the pistil; of or pertaining to a pistil.
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Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant.
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The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes.
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Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.
n. pl.
A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles.
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Having three pistils or styles; of or pertaining to the Trigynia.
pl.
of Pistillidium
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