"Gynoecium" is a word in ENGLISH
The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust.
of Carpophore.
I pictured the two of them alone. Perhaps showering together, as Rome and I liked to do. My stomach clenched painfully, amusement forgotten. “Cody, will you take me to the nearest clinic? I need someone to dig the knife out of my back. Lexis might need it again. And the good doctor might want to give me a tetanus shot. I think she bled on me.” Stunned silence. I often had that effect.
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Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.
Read the complete definitionEither entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.
Read the complete definitionThe pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
Read the complete definitionSelf-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
Read the complete definitionOf both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.
Read the complete definitionn. 1. flower bud of pistillate flowers. 2. young coconut, melon, squash, etc.
Read the complete definitionn. 1. penis. 2. style of the pistil. 3. tongue of a bell. BUTON [f. Sp.], n. something resembling a …
Read the complete definitionA simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or …
Read the complete definitionThe absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.
Read the complete definitionAn axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; …
Read the complete definitionThe body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in …
Read the complete definitionHaving all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and …
Read the complete definitionHaving the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.
Read the complete definitionThe series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of …
Read the complete definitionThe condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these …
Read the complete definitionHaving the stamens and pistils in separate flowers.
Read the complete definitionA Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.
Read the complete definitionA part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.
Read the complete definitionHaving the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the …
Read the complete definitionHaving eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.
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