Definition:
- (v. t.) A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.
- (v. t.) Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.
- (v. t.) That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.
- (v. t.) A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.
- (v. t.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards.
- (v. t.) One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.
- (v. t.) One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.
- (v. t.) One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus.
- (v. t.) A point so connected by any law whatever with another point, called an index, that as the index moves in any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a determinate way in the same plane.
- (v. t.) Marks believed to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5, above.
Compare stigma with other words:
brand vs. stigma
nether vs. stigma
attitude vs. stigma
anther vs. stigma
geitonogamy vs. stigma
protandrous vs. stigma
protogynous vs. stigma
stigma vs. taint
stamen vs. stigma
ovary vs. stigma
stigma vs. stigmatized
stigma vs. stigmatization
stigma vs. stigmatic
enigma vs. stigma
astigmatism vs. stigma
carpel vs. stigma
stigma vs. xenogamy
stigma vs. stigmatize
sigma vs. stigma
stigma vs. tau
pollen vs. stigma
flower vs. stigma
birthmark vs. stigma
scar vs. stigma
disgrace vs. stigma
infamy vs. stigma
mark vs. stigma
pollinate vs. stigma
stigma vs. style
pistil vs. stigma
saffron vs. stigma