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pistillate

/pis-tl-it, -eyt/US // ˈpɪs tl ɪt, -ˌeɪt //UK // (ˈpɪstɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt) //

雌性,雌蕊的,雌蕊,雌性的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : having a pistil or pistils.
    • : having a pistil or pistils but no stamens.

Examples

  • 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.