pistil
nounEtymology Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle and pistillum.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences 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.
- Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.
- Derived terms
- pistillaceous, pistillate, pistilliferous, pistillody