Definition of stigma

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Stigma (v. t.) Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.

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Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
Aspergilliform :: Aspergilliform (a.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma..
Stigmatical :: Stigmatic (a.) Alt. of Stigmatica.
Astigmatism :: Astigmatism (n.) A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision..
Saffron :: Saffron (a.) Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer..
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..
Capitate :: Capitate (a.) Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers..
Pollinate :: Pollinate (v. t.) To apply pollen to (a stigma).
Stigmatizing :: Stigmatized (imp. & p. p.) of Stigmatiz.
Fecundate :: Fecundate (v. t.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma..
Penicillate :: Penicillate (a.) Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses..
Saffron :: Saffron (n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus..
Stigmatic :: Stigmatic (n.) A person who is marked or deformed by nature.
Stigmatized :: Stigmatization (n.) The production of stigmata upon the body. See Stigma, 8..
Monogynia :: Monogynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma..
Pterostigmata :: Pterostigmata (pl. ) of Pterostigm.
Stigmatical :: Stigmatical (a.) Impressing with infamy or reproach.
Anemorphilous :: Anemorphilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle..
Stigmata :: Stigmaria (n.) The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.
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