adjective
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having pistils but no anthers
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having or producing pistils
Etymology
Origin of pistillate
Example Sentences
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Heads many-flowered; flowers all tubular, the outer pistillate and very slender, the central perfect.
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Fertile, capable of producing fruit; as a pistillate flower; applied also to a pollen-bearing stamen.
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The short-stalked, bell-shaped flowers are unisexual, but staminate and pistillate are borne on the same plant; the latter are recognized by the swollen warty green ovary below the rest of the flower.
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The catkins are tender and become winterkilled in our Northern States, but if the pistillate flowers are fertilized by pollen from some more hardy plant, this purple-leaved filbert is exceedingly prolific.
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Staminate and pistillate flowers are borne on different plants; they have three small green sepals and three broadly ovate white membranous petals.
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