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pistillate

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1. pistillate - Adjective

2. pistillate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Heteromorphic sex chromosomes were reported to occur in staminate individuals of dioecious "Kentucky" hemp, but were not found in pistillate individuals of the same variety. Source: Internet

Some flowers are functionally staminate (where a pistil may be present but has no ovules capable of being fertilized) while others are functionally pistillate (where stamens are present but their anthers do not produce viable pollen). Source: Internet

Two stamen are longer and stamens of pistillate flowers are rudimentary. Source: Internet

All tribes have pinnate or bipinnate leaves and flowers arranged in groups of three, with a central pistillate and two staminate flowers. Source: Internet

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