pistillate

/'pistiləri/ Cách viết khác : (pistilliferous) /,pisti'lifərəs/

Thân thiện

A pistillate flower sits alone on a simple green stem.

Definition

1. Adjective (Botany):
   • Having pistils: Describes a flower or plant that possesses one or more pistils, the female reproductive organ of a seed plant.
   • Bearing carpels: Specifically refers to a flower that contains carpels, the ovule-bearing structures that make up the pistil.

Usage

• The term pistillate is used in botany to classify flowers based on their reproductive structures. It is the opposite of "staminate" (having stamens, the male organs).
• It is often used to describe flowers in species where male and female reproductive parts are on separate flowers or plants.

Examples

• The squash plant produces separate pistillate and staminate flowers.
• A pistillate flower contains the ovary, style, and stigma, but lacks functional stamens.
• In this dioecious species, only the pistillate plants will bear fruit.

Advanced Usage

• Pistillate flower: A flower that contains only female reproductive organs (carpels/pistils) and no functional stamens.
• Pistillate plant: In dioecious species, a plant that bears only female (pistillate) flowers.

Variants and Related Words

• Pistil (noun): The female reproductive part of a flower, typically consisting of an ovary, a style, and a stigma.
• Carpel (noun): The basic female reproductive unit of a flower; a pistil may be formed from one or more fused carpels.
• Staminate (adjective): Having stamens (male reproductive organs) but no functional pistils.

Synonyms

• Female (in botanical context, specifically regarding flowers)
• Carpellate

Antonyms

• Staminate
• Male (in botanical context, specifically regarding flowers)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant
2. bearing or consisting of carpels

Từ đồng nghĩa

• carpellate