A Stigma

Stigma (botany)

Part of a flower

The stigma (plural: stigmas or stigmata) is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower.

1. A mark of infamy or disgrace.
2. A scar or birthmark.
3. (Christianity, chiefly in the plural stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus' body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
4. (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
5. (medicine) A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.