Pistillate

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  • adjective. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having pistils
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. bearing or consisting of carpels
  • adjective. having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant
    • Word Usage
    "The little flowers that grow out of the cyathium are called pistillate flowers."
    cross-reference
    carpellate  staminate  
    Equivalent
    female  
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