Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pistil"
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) 1.7 (wn)
pistil
n : the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary
and style and stigma [syn: {gynoecium}]
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