PISTIL


Meaning of PISTIL in English

/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 ]

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