pin-eyedadj.
/ˈpɪnʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌaɪd/ Botany (originally Horticulture).
Of a heterostylous plant (esp. one of the genus Primula) or its flowers: having a long style so that the stigma is visible at the mouth of the corolla tube, with the stamens inserted lower down. Opposed to thrum-eyed adj. at thrum n.2 Compounds 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having style, pistil, or female parts > having specific quantity, form, or arrangement
capitated1682
included1751
pinheaded1751
monogynous1757
pentagynous1772
trigynous1775
monogynian1787
polygynous1795
pin-eyed1810
heptagynian1828
pentagynian1828
polygynian1828
tetragynian1828
octagynous1836
stigmatose1840
polygynious1841
heptagynious1854
monogynious1857
octagynious1857
pentagynious1857
tetragynious1860
tetrastylous1860
trigynious1860
monogynic1891
tristigmatose1891
tristylous1891
tetragynous1899
tristigmatic1900
1810 G. Crabbe Borough viii. 111 This is no shaded, run-off, pin-ey'd thing, A King of Flowers.
1861 C. Darwin in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 6 77 Florists who cultivate the Polyanthus and Auricula..call those which display the globular stigma at the mouth of the corolla ‘pin headed’ or ‘pin-eyed’.
1922 R. C. Punnett Mendelism 51 Like the common primrose, the primula exhibits both pin-eyed and thrum-eyed varieties.
1976 J. P. Savidge in M. A. Hall Plant Structure, Functure & Adaptation ix. 363 The pin-eyed flower is homozygous recessive..with a long style and anthers coming off halfway up the corolla tube.
1999 D. Ingram & N. Robertson Plant Dis. x. 203 Secondary spores..appear as white mealy masses replacing the pollen in both thrum- and pin-eyed forms of the plant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1810