stigma
noun
- part of a flower. The pollen-receptive surface of a carpel or group of fused carpels, usually sticky; usually a point or small head at the summit of the style where deposited pollen germinates
noun
- part of a flower. The pollen-receptive surface of a carpel or group of fused carpels, usually sticky; usually a point or small head at the summit of the style where deposited pollen germinates
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek στίγμα (stígma), likely coined by analogy with σίγμα (sígma).
- A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau: Ϛ / ϛ.