Pistil

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The female, ovule-bearing organ of a flower, including the stigma, style, and ovary.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, the female or seed-bearing organ of a flower.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
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    flower    ovary   
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    Bristol    Cristal    Crystal    Krystal    bristol    chrystal    crystal    distal    pistol   
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    anthers    mammae    pistils    sulphur-yellow    stigma    embryon    ocelli    trebuchet    branchiæ    tangler