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Phyllous :: Phyllous (a.) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs..

Diclinous :: Diclinous (a.) Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers.

Epistilbite :: Epistilbite (n.) A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime..

Style :: Style (v. t.) The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil..

Cenanthy :: Cenanthy (n.) The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.

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

Hexagynia :: Hexagynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having six pistils.

Proterandrous :: Proterandrous (a.) Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; -- opposed to proterogynous.

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..

Dioecia :: Dioecia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.

Floss :: Floss (n.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

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

Androgynal :: Androgynal (a.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

Pistil :: Pistil (n.) An epistle.

Allogamy :: Allogamy (n.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.

Perfect :: Perfect (a.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.

Female :: Female (n.) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.

Gynodioecious :: Gynodioecious (a.) Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers..

Pistillida :: Pistillida (pl. ) of Pistillidiu.

Heptagynous :: Heptagynous (a.) Having seven pistils.

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