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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..

Phytomeron :: Phytomeron (n.) An organic element of a flowering plant; a phyton.

Triflorous :: Triflorous (a.) Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle..

Petaled :: Petaled (a.) Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled, etc..

Mahaled :: Mahaled (n.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared..

Damask :: Damask (v. t.) To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or water, as metal. See Damaskeen..

Buck Bean :: Buck bean () A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean..

Catkin :: Catkin (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament..

Honey :: Honey (n.) A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb..

Ephemeral :: Ephemeral (a.) Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower..

Spannishing :: Spannishing (n.) The full blooming of a flower.

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

Lily :: Lily (n.) A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary..

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

Bloodflower :: Bloodflower (n.) A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Haemanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows..

Ladies'' Eardrops :: Ladies' eardrops () The small-flowered Fuchsia (F. coccinea), and other closely related species..

Perigone :: Perigone (n.) Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth.

Platband :: Platband (n.) A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; hence, a border..

Puberty :: Puberty (n.) The period when a plant first bears flowers.

Safranin :: Safranin (n.) An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye..

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