having a pistil or pistils; specif., having pistils but no stamens
Examples of 'pistillate' in a sentence
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Visits to rewarding staminate flowers were significantly more frequent than visits to unrewarding pistillate flowers.
Graham Edward Wyatt, Marlies Sazima 2012, 'Pollination and reproductive biology of thirteen species of Begonia in theSerra do Mar State Park, São Paulo, Brazil', Journal of Pollination Ecologyhttp://www.pollinationecology.org/index.php?journal=jpe&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=159&path%5B%5D=24. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Staminate flowers were larger than pistillate flowers and presented high pollen viability.
Felipe Wanderley Amorim, Clesnan Mendes-Rodrigues, Pietro Kiyoshi Maruyama, PauloEugênio Oliveira 2011, 'Sexual ratio and floral biology of the dioecious Neea theifera Oerst. (Nyctaginaceae)in a cerrado rupestre of central Brazil Razão sexual e biologia floral de Neea theiferaOerst. (Nyctaginaceae), uma espécie dióica na vegetação de um cerrado rupestre noBrasil Central', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062011000400006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nectar was observed throughout the flowering period, including the pistillate phase and subsequent staminate phase.
Bine Xue, Yun-Yun Shao, Richard M K Saunders, Yun-Hong Tan 2017, 'Alphonsea glandulosa (Annonaceae), a New Species from Yunnan, China.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5287484?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Only from ten to fifteen violet ray flowers (pistillate) surround the perfect disk florets.
Neltje Blanchan Wild Flowers (1900). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
In pistillate flowers, vascular bundles reach the staminodes.
Arthur de Lima Silva, Marcelo Trovó, Alessandra Ike Coan 2016, 'Floral development and vascularization help to explain merism evolution in Paepalanthus(Eriocaulaceae, Poales)', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/2811.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Floral asynchrony ranging from 10 to 15 days was observed between staminate and pistillateflowers.
Giomara Vásquez Gamboa, Sanín Ortiz Grisales, Franco Alirio Vallejo Cabrera 2017, 'Morpho-agronomic assessment of introductions of butternut squash (Cucurbita moschataDuch.) from Central America', Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomíahttp://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/refame/article/view/61764. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Female individuals produce pistillate flowers and set fruits.
Celice Alexandre Silva, Marco Antonio Oliva, Milene Faria Vieira, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes 2008, 'Trioecy in Coccoloba cereifera Schwacke (Polygonaceae), a narrow endemic and threatenedtropical species', Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000500017. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Male staminate flowers lack fourth whorl primordia and female pistillate flowers lack third whorl primordia.
Jovanovic Maja, Sather D Noah, Golenberg Edward M 2010, 'Functional analysis of B and C class floral organ genes in spinach demonstrates theirrole in sexual dimorphism', BMC Plant Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/10/46. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pistillate florets cover it for only about one-fourth its length.
Neltje Blanchan Wild Flowers (1900). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)