pistil

pis·til  (pstl)

n.

The female, ovule-bearing organ of a flower, including the stigma, style, and ovary.

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[French, from New Latin pistillum, from Latin, pestle (from its shape).]

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pistil [ˈpɪstɪl]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the female reproductive part of a flower, consisting of one or more separate or fused carpels; gynoecium

[from Latin pistillum pestle]

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pistil  (pstl)

One of the female reproductive organs of a flower, consisting of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together. A flower may have one pistil or more than one, though some flowers lack pistils and bear only the male reproductive organs known as stamens. See more at carpelflower

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pistil - the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma blossom, flower, bloom - reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction simple pistil - consists of one carpel compound pistil - consists of two or more fused carpels pistillode - a sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower style - (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma carpel - a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil

Translations

pistil [ˈpɪstɪl] N → pistilo m

pistil

n → Stempel m, → Pistill nt (spec)