- Having one or more pistils.
- Having pistils but no stamens: pistillate flowers.
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pistillate
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The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
(botany) bearing or consisting of carpels
Synonym: carpellate
Meaning #2:
(botany) having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant
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