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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 flowerplay

  Familiarity information: PISTILLODE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PISTILLODE (noun)


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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