pistil
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ETYM Latin pistillum, pistillus, a pestle: cf. French pistil. Related to Pestle.
Plant's ovary with style and stigma.
General term for the female part of a flower, either referring to one single carpel or a group of several fused carpels.
(Homonym: pistol).
The female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma; SYN. gynoecium.
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