adjective
- having pistils but no stamens; bearing only female reproductive organs
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The pistillate flowers produce seeds after pollination.
- Holly trees are either pistillate or staminate.
- Pistillate plants require pollen from staminate plants to reproduce.
- The botanist identified the pistillate specimens in the greenhouse.
- Corn has both pistillate and staminate flowers on the same plant.
- The pistillate willow catkins develop into seed pods.