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

pistillate

/ pĭs′tə-lāt′ /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pistillate¹

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

Example Sentences

Lower, stiffer, the leaves broader and pale; spike larger, the pistillate flowers 3–9, compact; perigynium bearing a prominent two-edged very rough beak; scales chaffy, nerved, as broad as and somewhat longer than the perigynium, or the lowest rarely overtopping the spike.—Copses,

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Flowers monœcious; the staminate and pistillate both in 1-flowered spikelets in the same panicle.

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Heads few–several-flowered, radiate; rays 1–6, pistillate.

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Heads many-flowered, radiate; the rays numerous, pistillate.

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Heads many-flowered, radiate; the rays numerous, pistillate.

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