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stigmaIn a flower, the surface at the tip of a carpel that receives the pollen. It often has short outgrowths, flaps, or hairs to trap pollen and may produce a sticky secretion to which the grains adhere. |
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| He questioned himself; he sought to divine who could have been that soul in torment which had not been willing to quit this world without leaving this stigma of crime or unhappiness upon the brow of the ancient church. How the stigma stands out red as blood upon his blanched cheek! This adventure threw a temporary stigma upon the game of "old sledge. |
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