pistil

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pistil The gynoecium of a syncarpous flower; each carpel in an apocarpous one.

pistil

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pistil Female organ located in the centre of a flower. It consists of an ovary, a slender style and a stigma, which receives pollen.

pistil

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pis·til / ˈpistl/ • n. Bot. the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary.

pistil

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pistil The female part of a flower, consisting either of a single carpel (simple pistil) or a group of carpels (compound pistil).

pistil

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pistil (bot.) female organ of a flower. XVIII. — F. pistile or L. pistillum PESTLE.

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