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Pistillate

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Adjective

1. carpellate, pistillate

bearing or consisting of carpels

2. pistillate

having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pistillate

see synonyms of pistillate
adjective botany (of plants)
1. 
having pistils but no anthers
2. 
having or producing pistils

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Pistillate

see synonyms of pistillate
adjective
Botany
having a pistil or pistils; specif., having pistils but no stamens

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pistillate

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adj.
Having pistils but no stamens: pistillate flowers.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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