stigmatiferous, a. Bot.
(stɪgməˈtɪfərəs)
[f. L. stigmat- stigma + -iferous.]
Bearing a stigma.
1831 Macgillivray tr. Richard's Elem. Bot. 471 The style..bears at its summit a variable number of stigmatiferous divisions. 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 295 Verbena,..style slender, 2-lobed, one lobe only stigmatiferous. |