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Pistil

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Noun
  1. 1
    A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.

    "Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower."

  2. 2
    the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle and pistillum.

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