pistil

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pistil
    n 1: the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary
         and style and stigma
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pistel \Pis"tel\, Pistil \Pis"til\, n.
   An epistle. [Obs.]
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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}.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "pistil":
      androecium, anther, calyx, carpel, corolla, corolla tube, corona,
      epicalyx, gynoecium, megasporophyll, microsporophyll, perianth,
      petal, receptacle, stamen, stigma, style, torus
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