Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having pistils but no stamens.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having
pistils
from 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
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Examples
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The little flowers that grow out of the cyathium are called pistillate flowers.
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The little flowers that grow out of the cyathium are called pistillate flowers.
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The little flowers that grow out of the cyathium are called pistillate flowers.
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The little flowers that grow out of the cyathium are called pistillate flowers.
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The little flowers that grow out of the cyathium are called pistillate flowers.
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The little flowers that grow out of the cyathium are called pistillate flowers.
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The little flowers that grow out of the cyathium are called pistillate flowers.
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Unlike most modern grapes it is a pistillate female and so needs to be planted next to male vines from a close sibling variety to achieve pollination.
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Unlike most modern grapes it is a pistillate female and so needs to be planted next to male vines from a close sibling variety to achieve pollination.
LENNDEVOURS: 2009
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Unlike most modern grapes it is a pistillate female and so needs to be planted next to male vines from a close sibling variety to achieve pollination.
Hudson Valley Wine 2009
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