Definition of stigma

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Stigma (v. t.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards..

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Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots..
Indusium :: Indusium (n.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower..
Stigma :: Stigmata (pl. ) of Stigm.
Pterostigmata :: Pterostigmata (pl. ) of Pterostigm.
Stigmatically :: Stigmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.
Denunciation :: Denunciation (n.) The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment..
Stigmatize :: Stigmatize (v. t.) To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers..
Rostellum :: Rostellum (n.) A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm..
Saffron :: Saffron (n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine..
Monogynia :: Monogynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma..
Astigmatic :: Astigmatic (a.) Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses..
Emmetropia :: Emmetropia (n.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.
Pollinate :: Pollinate (v. t.) To apply pollen to (a stigma).
Thrum-eyed :: Thrum-eyed (a.) Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses; -- the reverse of pin-eyed..
Style :: Style (v. t.) The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil..
Stigmatical :: Stigmatical (a.) Impressing with infamy or reproach.
Tristigmatic :: Tristigmatic (a.) Alt. of Tristigmatos.
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..
Stigmatose :: Stigmatize (v. t.) To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy.
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