Pistillate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having one or more pistils.
  • adj. Having pistils but no stamens: pistillate flowers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having pistils
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In botany, having a pistil: noting a plant or flower provided with a pistil, and most properly said of one having pistils only. See cuts under Abietineæ, breadfruit, and croton.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. bearing or consisting of carpels
  • adj. having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant
  • Equivalent
    female   
    Cross Reference
    carpellate    staminate