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
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.
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