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PISTILLODE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pistillode mean?
• PISTILLODE (noun)
The noun PISTILLODE has 1 sense:
1. a sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower
Familiarity information: PISTILLODE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("pistillode" is a kind of...):
pistil (the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma)
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