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stigma
upper part of pistil that receives pollen; same as light-sensitive eyespot in certain organisms
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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stigma, usually mounted at the tip of a
style with an
ovary at the base.
Often the entire whorl of carpels is fused into a single pistil.
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Stigmatization of eugenics in the post-Nazi years
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stigma -- The sticky tip of a pistil. Or, the dense region of pigments found in many photosynthetic protists which is sensitive to light, and thus functions somewhat like a miniature eye.More info?
stipe -- A scientific term for "stalk".
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Stigmatization of eugenics in the post-Nazi years
In the years after the experience of Nazi Germany, ...
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stigma Part of the female reproductive structure of the carpel of a þower; the sticky surface at the tip of the style to which pollen grains attach. The receptive surface of the pistil (of the flower) on which pollen is placed by a pollinator.
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stigma
[Gk. stigme, a prick mark, puncture]
In plants, the region of a carpel serving as a receptive surface for pollen grains, which germinate on it.
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stigma The mass of bright red photoreceptor granules found in certain flagellated protozoa (Euglena) that serves as a shield for the photoreceptor. Also the spiracle of certain terrestrial arthropods.
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stigma
The part of the reproductive organs of flowers where pollen grains germinate.
Covered in Lab 8 Seed Plant Reproduction
stipe
The fruiting body of a fungus.
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Risk as Stigma - The Redefined Social Bond. When medical professionals encourage or offer genetic testing or other services they usually do so using the language of risk.
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Transfer of pollen (pollination) from the anther of the flower of one plant to the stigma of the flower of a genetically different plant.
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He spent the short remainder of his life partly on Monte Alverno on the upper Arno, where he fasted forty days and longed for union with God, to be demonstrated by the impression on his body of the wounds of Christ (see Stigmata); ...
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pistil: the structure of the flower that contains a stigma, a style, and an ovary.
pith: the structure at the center of the stem of vascular plants.
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pistil. Female part of the flower, usually consisting of ovules, ovary, style, and stigma.
pollinator. The agent of pollen transfer, usually bees.
pollinizer. The producer of pollen; the variety used as a source of pollen for cross-pollination.
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Euglenophyta Division within Kingdom Protista whose members have a flagellum and a light-sensitive stigma
(eu = good well true; gleno = pupil of the eye; phyta phyto = plant) ...
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: The part of an angiosperm containing the organs of reproduction (male stamen and female stigma as well as the ovary).
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DNAase ...
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But HIV remains latent in those whose voices are repressed. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, stigma still surrounds people infected with HIV, and silence impedes progress in controlling the epidemic.
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