Stigma.

The feathery stigma of Crocus sativus has branches corresponding to three carpels

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.^[1] The pollen may be captured from the air (wind-borne pollen, anemophily), from visiting insects or other animals (biotic pollination), or in rare cases from surrounding water (hydrophily).

Stigmas can vary from long and slender to globe shaped to feathery.

Pollen is typically highly desiccated when it leaves an anther. Stigmas have been shown to assist in the rehydration of pollen and in promoting germination of the pollen tube.^[2] Stigmas also ensure proper adhesion of the correct species of pollen. Stigmas can play an active role in pollen discrimination and some self-incompatibility reactions, that reject pollen from the same or genetically similar plants, involve interaction between the stigma and the surface of the pollen grain.

The style [link]

Corn stigma called "silk".

The style connects the stigma to the ovary. Styles are always tube-like — either long or short. The style can be open (containing few or no cells in the central portion) or closed (densely packed with cells throughout). Pollen tubes grow the length of the style to reach the ovules, and in some cases self-incompatibility reactions in the style prevent full growth of the pollen tubes. Studies have shown that in some species, at least, the pollen tube is directed to the micropyle of the ovule by the style^{[citation needed]}.

References [link]

^ The Penguin Dictionary of Botany, edited by Elizabeth Toothill, Penguin Books 1984 ISBN 0-14-051126-1
^ Edlund, Swanson and Preuss. 2004. Pollen and stigma structure and function: the role of diversity in pollination. Plant Cell 16:Supplement 84-97.

https://wn.com/Stigma_(botany)

Style

Style is a manner of doing or presenting things.

Style may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

Style (visual arts), in art and painting

Architectural style, the features that make a building or structure historically identifiable

Design, the process of creating something

Fashion, a prevailing mode of clothing styles

In literature, linguistics, and rhetoric

Writing style, manner in which a writer addresses readers

Style (literature), an aspect of literary composition and storytelling

Style (sociolinguistics), variation in language use to which social meanings are attributed

Style guide, in writing

Stylistics (field of study), the interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective

"Style", a pseudonym of author Neil Strauss

Literary works

Style, a 1998 fashion book by Elsa Klensch

Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, a 1990 writing guide by Joseph M. Williams

Style: An Anti-Textbook, a 1974 monograph by Richard A. Lanham

Style, a book by Sir Walter Raleigh

Style (magazine), a South African women's magazine that was published between the 1980s and 2006

Style (Orbital song)

"Style" is a 1999 single by the electronica duo Orbital. It was their fourth consecutive single, and fifth overall, to reach the top 20 of the UK singles chart, peaking at number 13.

The track takes its name from the analogue electronic musical instrument, the stylophone, which is used extensively on the track. The main version includes a sample of "Oh L'amour" performed by Dollar, while the "Bigpipe Style" version (which features the main riff played on bagpipes) samples Suzi Quatro's hit "Devil Gate Drive". Orbital's request to use a sample from a Rolf Harris stylophone demonstration disc was turned down. The other versions are "Old Style", a more club-oriented dance mix; and "New Style", a retro-styled version with live bass by Andy James.

All of the mixes are by Orbital themselves; the duo had wanted Stereolab to remix the track, but the latter group were on tour at the time and unavailable, so the "New Style" mix is Orbital's own version of a Stereolab-type mix.

Style (2006 film)

Style is a Telugu film produced by Lagadapati Sirisha Sridhar on Larsco Entertainment banner, directed by Raghava Lawrence. Starring Prabhu Deva, Raghava Lawrence, Raja, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Charmme Kaur in lead roles, Chiranjeevi & Nagarjuna Akkineni given cameo appearance and music is composed by Mani Sharma. This is Lawrence's second directorial venture after the blockbuster Mass with Nagarjuna Akkineni. Megastar Chiranjeevi also made a came appearance in this film. The film recorded as 'Super Hit' at box-office. Raghava Lawrence won Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer - South

Plot

Ganesh (Prabhu Deva) is a good dancer. He beats Anthony in one dance competition to head into the international arena. Anthony gets Ganesh beaten up, and Ganesh loses his legs in a car accident. He is depressed, but he wants to give his dance talent to someone and make him his heir. On a different line, Raghava (Raghava Lawrence) works as a boy at a dance school in Vizag. He and four of his friends are good dancers, but they are never recognized until one folk dance at a hotel. Ganesh finds his prospective heir in Raghava. The rest of the film is how Raghava prepares and defeats Anthony in the final dance competition.