pistilliferousadj.
/ˌpɪstᵻˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌpɪstəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/ Botany. Now rare.
= pistillate adj. Opposed to staminiferous.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having style, pistil, or female parts
femalea1398
pistillaceous1760
pistilliferous1785
pistillate1828
stigmatic1830
stigmatiferous1831
styliferous1835
pistilline1842
pistilligerous1845
pistillary1848
pistilline1854
styline1866
pistillar1876
pistilloid1877
stigmatiform1888
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. ix. 100 I beg leave..to call..those which have the pistils only Pistilliferous flowers.
1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 64 The nymphoidal characters of Nelumbium, taking its pistilliferous [Fr. pistillifère] receptacle for a sort of alveolate spadix.
1880 E. J. Reed Japan II. 42 There are two kinds of this shrub, pistilliferous and staminiferous.
1929 H. F. Roberts Plant Hybridization before Mendel 20 All the male plants were removed, at the age when it was possible to distinguish ‘the antheriferous males’ from the ‘pistilliferous females’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1785