Definition of stigma

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Stigmata (pl. ) of Stigm.

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Bilamellated :: Bilamellated (a.) Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers..
Stigmatic :: Stigmatic (n.) A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.
Saffron :: Saffron (n.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
Denunciation :: Denunciation (n.) The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment..
Stomach :: Stoma (n.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b)..
M :: M (n.) A brand or stigma, having the shape of an M, formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy..
Astigmatic :: Astigmatic (a.) Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses..
Pterostigma :: Pterostigma (n.) A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects.
Stigmatist :: Stigmatically (adv.) With a stigma, or mark of infamy or deformity..
Brand :: Brand (v. t.) Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon..
Saffron :: Saffron (n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine..
Speck :: Speck (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.
Blacklist :: Blacklist (v. t.) To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a..
Orgyia :: Orgyia (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.
Atimy :: Atimy (n.) Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights.
Underclay :: Underclay (n.) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards..
Indusium :: Indusium (n.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower..
Stigmaria :: Stigma (v. t.) Marks believed to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5, above..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.
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