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

Gynandria :: Gynandria (n. pl.) A class of plants in the Linnaean system, whose stamens grow out of, or are united with, the pistil..

Gynoecium :: Gynoecium (n.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore..

Dichogamy :: Dichogamy (n.) The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves..

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

Ovary :: Ovary (n.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower..

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..

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

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

Neuter :: Neuter (n.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers..

Keel :: Keel (n.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina..

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

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

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

Enneagynous :: Enneagynous (a.) Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant.

Pointal :: Pointal (n.) The pistil of a plant.

Pistil :: Pistil (n.) The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary..

Octogynous :: Octogynous (a.) Having eight pistils; octagynous.

Heptagynia :: Heptagynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having seven pistils.

Gynantherous :: Gynantherous (a.) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils..

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