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PISTILLATE

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bearing or consisting of carpels

Synonyms:

carpellate; pistillate

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

female (being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

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