pistillate
Origin of pistillate
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How to use pistillate in a sentence
Trees are of two kinds, male and female, one bearing staminate and the other pistillate flowers.
Soil Culture | J. H. WaldenSet out three or four rows of pistillate plants, and then one of the staminates, or fertilizers.
Soil Culture | J. H. WaldenIt is pistillate, but with fertilizers it yields immense crops, of very fine large fruit.
Soil Culture | J. H. WaldenThe pistillate plants bear the fruit, and the staminates are the fertilizers, without which the pistillates will be fruitless.
Soil Culture | J. H. WaldenUnisexual, with staminate and pistillate flowers on different individuals.
Michigan Trees | Charles Herbert Otis
British Dictionary definitions for pistillate
/ (ˈpɪstɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt) /
having pistils but no anthers
having or producing pistils
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Scientific definitions for pistillate
[ pĭs′tə-lāt′ ]
Having pistils but no stamens. Female flowers are pistillate.
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