stigma
英['stɪgmə]
美['stɪɡmə]
- n. [植] 柱头；耻辱；污名；烙印；特征
英英释意
- 1. the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil
- 2. a symbol of disgrace or infamy;
- "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
- 3. an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod
- 4. a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease