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

Heads discoid, few–many-flowered; flowers all tubular, the marginal ones pistillate, or sometimes all similar and perfect.

From Project Gutenberg

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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