/pis"tl/ , n. Bot.
1. the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma. See diag. under flower .
2. such organs collectively, where there are more than one in a flower.
3. a gynoecium.
[ 1570-80; earlier pistillum, special use of L pistillum PESTLE ]