Pistil

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pistel \Pis"tel\, Pistil \Pis"til\, n.
     An epistle. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pistil
       n : the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary
           and style and stigma

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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