stigma

     

Stigma (plural: stigmata) may refer to:

Trivia about stigma

  • A mark of disgrace; its name is from the Greek for "tattoo mark"
  • Originally a brand applied to slaves & criminals, it has come to mean a mark of disgrace
  • This part of a plant's pistil has chemicals in it that will cause it to reject the wrong types of pollen
  • It's no disgrace, it's just the sticky part of the pistil that receives the pollen during pollenation

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