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Gynantherous :: Gynantherous (a.) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils..

Pistillate :: Pistillate (a.) Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.

Octogynous :: Octogynous (a.) Having eight pistils; octagynous.

Gynandrous :: Gynandrous (a.) Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria.

Allogamy :: Allogamy (n.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.

Heptagynia :: Heptagynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having seven pistils.

Heterogony :: Heterogony (n.) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils..

Octagynous :: Octagynous (a.) Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous.

Neuter :: Neuter (n.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers..

Cryptogamia :: Cryptogamia (n.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds..

Polycarpous :: Polycarpous (a.) Having several pistils in one flower.

Pentagynia :: Pentagynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, having five styles or pistils..

Enneagynous :: Enneagynous (a.) Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant.

Octandria :: Octandria (n.pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil..

Monoecia :: Monoecia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant..

Heptagynous :: Heptagynous (a.) Having seven pistils.

Keel :: Keel (n.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina..

Female :: Female (n.) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.

Column :: Column (n.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids..

Trigynia :: Trigynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles.

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