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Meaning of PISTILLATE

Pronunciation:  'pistilut

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (botany) bearing or consisting of carpels
  2. [adj]  (botany) having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant
 
 Synonyms: carpellate, female
 
 Antonyms: acarpellous, acarpelous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pis"til*late\, a. (Bot.)
Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having
pistils but no stamens.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Said of a flower bearing a pistil or pistils but not stamens, may refer also to a plant having only pistillate flowers.
 

 

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