pistil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.

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pistil pistils

Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle and pistillum.

pistillum

stamen gynoecium carpel

pistillaceous pistillate pistilliferous pistillody

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