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pistil

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pistil has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

pistiln. 
     An epistle.  [1913 Webster]
pistiln. [L. pistillum, pistillus, a pestle: cf. F. pistil. See Pestle.].
     The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pistil, n. the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary.

Derivative
pistillary adj. pistilliferous adj. pistilline adj.
Etymology
F pistile or L pistillum PESTLE

THESAURUS

pistil

androecium, anther, calyx, carpel, corolla, corolla tube, corona, epicalyx, gynoecium, megasporophyll, microsporophyll, perianth, petal, receptacle, stamen, stigma, style, torus
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