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pistil |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pistel \Pis"tel\, Pistil \Pis"til\, n. An epistle. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pistil \Pis"til\, n. [L. pistillum pistillus a pestle: cf F. pistil. See {Pestle}.] (Bot.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pistil n : the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma [syn: {gynoecium}]
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