- Having one or more pistils.
- Having pistils but no stamens: pistillate flowers.
pistillate
Dictionary:
pis·til·late (pĭs'tə-lāt', -lĭt)  |
adj.
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The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
(botany) bearing or consisting of carpels
Synonym: carpellate
Meaning #2:
(botany) having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant
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 | gynaecandrous (botany) |
| gynomonoecious (botany) |
| carpellate |
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Mentioned in
- gynaecandrous (botany)
- gynomonoecious (botany)
- carpellate
- pistilliferous
- gynodioecious (botany)
- triœcious
- diecious
- Balanopaceae (botany)
- Cannabis (botany)
- fig (botany)
- monoecious
- gynodiœcious
- Rudolph Jacob Camerarius (German botanist)
- floss
