PIN-EYED, a botanical term for flowers which occur in two forms, one of which shows the stigma at the mouth of the corolla, as in the primrose; the term is contrasted with thrumb-eyed.
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PIN-EYED, a botanical term for flowers which occur in two forms, one of which shows the stigma at the mouth of the corolla, as in the primrose; the term is contrasted with thrumb-eyed.