stigma

(noun)

noun

1. (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.

Definition categories: plant

2. a symbol of disgrace or infamy

Similar word(s): brand, mark, stain

Definition categories: communication, symbol

3. an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod

Definition categories: body, spiracle

4. a scar or birthmark.

Definition categories: attribute, blemish, defect, mar