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Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant.

Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.

The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield. [Obs.] "Gigging of shields." Chaucer.

A Linnæan order of plants having seven pistils.

Having seven pistils.

Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless.

A Linnæan order of plants having six pistils.

Having six pistils.

An hypogynous plant.

Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant. Gray.

A woman hater. Fuller.

Hating women.

Hatred of women. Johnson.

One of the Monogynia.

A Linnæan order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma.

Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.

The state or condition of being monogynous.

Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous.

A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils.