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Pistillate.

In the form of a ply, fold, or doubling. [Obs.] Pennant.

Having the of a plume or feather. [R.]

Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.

To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.

The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation. Virchow.

Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals. Proliferous cyst (Med.), a cyst that produces highly- organized or even vascular structures. Paget. -- Pro*lif"er*ous*ly, adv.

oung, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.

Prolificness. [R.]

Producing young or fruit abundantly; fruitful; prolific. -- Pro*lif"ic*al*ly, adv.

To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate. Sir T. Browne.

The generation of young.

The quality or state of being prolific; fruitfulness; prolificacy.

Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable. Barrow.

The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.

That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement. How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives he inserteth in this relation. Fuller.

An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.

Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement. Qualified fee (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale. -- Qualified indorsement (Law), an indorsement which modifies the liability of the in…

In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.

The state of being qualified.