pistilliferous, a. Bot.
(pɪstɪˈlɪfərəs)
[f. L. pistillum pistil + -iferous, after F. pistillifère.]
= pistillate. (Opp. to staminiferous.)
| 1785 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. ix. (1794) 95, I beg leave..to call..those which have only the pistils, pistilliferous flowers. 1880 E. J. Reed Japan II. 42 There are two kinds of this shrub, pistilliferous and staminiferous. |