pistil

[pis-tl] /ˈpɪs tl/
noun, Botany
1.
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
2.
such organs collectively, where there are more than one in a flower.
3.
a gynoecium.
Origin
1570-80; earlier pistillum, special use of Latin pistillum pestle
Examples from the web for pistil
  • In the middle of the flower there is a part called the pistil which contains the seeds.
  • At the base of the pistil is the ovary which holds the ovules.
  • From a botanical standpoint, a fruit is a mature, seed-containing pistil.
  • Each vase is filled with a bunch of stamens from which projects a typical pistil that bears a tiny seed pod on its tip.
  • The contracted portion of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma.
British Dictionary definitions for pistil

pistil

/ˈpɪstɪl/
noun
1.
the female reproductive part of a flower, consisting of one or more separate or fused carpels; gynoecium
Word Origin
C18: from Latin pistillumpestle
Word Origin and History for pistil
n.

"female organ of a flower," 1718, from French pistil, from Modern Latin pistillum "a pistil," so called from resemblance to a pestle, from Latin pistillum "pestle" (see pestle). Related: Pistillary; pistillaceous; pistillate; pistilline.

pistil in Science
pistil
(pĭs'təl)
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 carpel, flower.

pistil in Culture
pistil [(pis-tuhl)]

The female part of a plant. In flowering plants, it is at the center of the flower. When fertilized with pollen, the pistil develops into fruit.