Pistil

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  • noun. The female, ovule-bearing organ of a flower, including the stigma, style, and ovary.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In botany, the female or seed-bearing organ of a flower.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
    • Word Usage
    "The female organ is called the pistil, and it has a sticky part on the end to receive pollen called the stigma."
    cross-reference
    compound pistil  stamen  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    reproductive structure  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    carpel  compound pistil  pistillode  simple pistil  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bristol  Cristal  Crystal  Krystal  bristol  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anthers  attunement  billiard-table  branchiæ  embryon  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    androecium  anther  calyx  carpel  corolla  
    variant
    flower  ovary  
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