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Carpellum :: Carpellum (n.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore..

Disk :: Disk (n.) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil..

Trigynous :: Trigynous (a.) Having three pistils or styles; of or pertaining to the Trigynia.

Pistillida :: Pistillida (pl. ) of Pistillidiu.

Bisexual :: Bisexual (a.) Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes..

Endecagynous :: Endecagynous (a.) Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower..

Pistillate :: Pistillate (a.) Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.

Autogamy :: Autogamy (n.) Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon..

Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower..

Flower :: Flower (n.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla..

Octogynia :: Octogynia (n.pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils.

Homogonous :: Homogonous (a.) Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.

Complete :: Complete (a.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil..

Stipe :: Stipe (n.) The stalk of a pistil.

Staminate :: Staminate (a.) Having stamens, but lacking pistils..

Column :: Column (n.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids..

Pistillody :: Pistillody (n.) The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.

Double :: Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double..

Conductive :: Conductive (a.) Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil..

Hypogynous :: Hypogynous (a.) Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant..

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