pistil
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.
Example
“Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.”
A kind of
- reproductive structure
Kinds of pistil
- simple pistil
- compound pistil
- carpel
Related words
- pistillaceous
- pistillody
- pistillate
- pistilliferous
Word history
From French "pistil".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pistil” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.