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Underclay :: Underclay (n.) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria..

Note :: Note (n.) Stigma; brand; reproach.

Fecundate :: Fecundate (v. t.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma..

Indusium :: Indusium (n.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower..

Stigmatic :: Stigmatic (n.) A person who is marked or deformed by nature.

Stomach :: Stoma (n.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b)..

Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower..

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.

Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.

Stigmatical :: Stigmatical (a.) Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character..

Slur :: Slur (n.) A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo..

Synanthous :: Synanthesis (n.) The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom.

Pistil :: Pistil (n.) The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary..

Anemorphilous :: Anemorphilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.

Stigmatization :: Stigmatization (n.) The act of stigmatizing.

Stigmatically :: Stigmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.

Rostellum :: Rostellum (n.) A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm..

Stigmatic :: Stigmatic (n.) A person bearing the wounds on the hands and feet resembling those of Jesus Christ caused by His crucifixion; -- for true stigmantics the wounds are supposed to have been caused miraculously, as a sign of great holiness..

Stigmatic :: Stigmata (n.) pl. of Stigma.

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