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Brand :: Brand (v. t.) Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon..

Saffron :: Saffron (n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus..

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..

Denounce :: Denounce (v. t.) To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize..

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

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

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

Stigmatizing :: Stigmatized (imp. & p. p.) of Stigmatiz.

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 small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots..

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.

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..

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..

Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.

Pollinate :: Pollinate (v. t.) To apply pollen to (a stigma).

Monogynia :: Monogynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma..

Penicillate :: Penicillate (a.) Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses..

Tristigmatic :: Tristigmatic (a.) Alt. of Tristigmatos.

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..

Style :: Style (v. t.) The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil..

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