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pistillate

[ pis-tl-it, -eyt ]

adjective

, Botany.
  1. having a pistil or pistils.
  2. having a pistil or pistils but no stamens.


pistillate

/ ˈpɪstɪlɪt; -ˌleɪt /

adjective

  1. having pistils but no anthers
  2. having or producing pistils
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


pistillate

/ pĭstə-lāt′ /

  1. Having pistils but no stamens. Female flowers are pistillate.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pistillate1

First recorded in 1820–30; pistil + -ate 1
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Example Sentences

Trees are of two kinds, male and female, one bearing staminate and the other pistillate flowers.

Set out three or four rows of pistillate plants, and then one of the staminates, or fertilizers.

It is pistillate, but with fertilizers it yields immense crops, of very fine large fruit.

The pistillate plants bear the fruit, and the staminates are the fertilizers, without which the pistillates will be fruitless.

Unisexual, with staminate and pistillate flowers on different individuals.

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