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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.
n. pl.
A Linnaean order of plants having six pistils.
a.
Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants.
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Having six pistils.
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The stalk of a pistil.
v. t.
The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
a.
Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.
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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.
pl.
of Pistillidium
a.
Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.
n. pl.
A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles.
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Growing on, or having nature of, the pistil; of or pertaining to a pistil.
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 three pistils or styles; of or pertaining to the Trigynia.
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Having stamens, but lacking pistils.
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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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Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.
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The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.
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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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