Definition of stigma

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Stigma (v. t.) A point so connected by any law whatever with another point, called an index, that as the index moves in any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a determinate way in the same plane..

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Stigma :: Stigmata (pl. ) of Stigm.
Indusium :: Indusium (n.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower..
Stigonomancy :: Stigmatose (a.) Same as Stigmatic.
Stigmatized :: Stigmatization (n.) The production of stigmata upon the body. See Stigma, 8..
Tristigmatose :: Tristigmatose (a.) Having, or consisting of, three stigmas..
Capitate :: Capitate (a.) Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers..
Entomophilous :: Entomophilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.
Monogynous :: Monogynous (a.) Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.
Speck :: Speck (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.
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..
Stigmatical :: Stigmatical (a.) Impressing with infamy or reproach.
Stigmatization :: Stigmatization (n.) The act of stigmatizing.
Stigmatically :: Stigmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.
Note :: Note (n.) Stigma; brand; reproach.
Stigmaria :: Stigma (v. t.) Marks believed to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5, above..
Aspergilliform :: Aspergilliform (a.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma..
Stigmata :: Stigmaria (n.) The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.
Stigmatical :: Stigmatical (a.) Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character..
Blacklist :: Blacklist (v. t.) To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a..
Pin-eyed :: Pin-eyed (a.) Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of thrum-eyed..
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