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adj
Having functional pistils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adjective
bearing or consisting of carpels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: carpellate
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adjective satellite
having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree English pistil Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English pistillate From pistil + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
