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Pistillate

adjective
1.
Bearing or consisting of carpels.  Synonym: carpellate.
2.
Having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant.





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... selection of varieties to be planted for the commercial hazel orchard is a very important part of the undertaking, and should be well considered. To plant several varieties is absolutely necessary on account of pollenizing, as staminate and pistillate flowers, though on the same plant, do not always appear together in proper condition on all plants; in fact it has been proven in my orchard that sometimes plants bring forth a great many pistillate blossoms ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Sixth Annual Meeting. Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 • Various


Words linked to "Pistillate" :   phytology, botany, acarpelous, carpellate, female


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