Stigma (botany)

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigma_%28botany%29)

The stigma is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower. The stigma receives pollen at pollination and it is on the stigma that the pollen grain germinates. The stigma is adapted to catch and trap pollen with various hairs, flaps, or sculpturings. (Wikipedia)

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