[pis-tl] 
| 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. |
| pis·til (pĭs'təl) n. The female, ovule-bearing organ of a flower, including the stigma, style, and ovary. [French, from New Latin pistillum, from Latin, pestle (from its shape).] |
| pistil (pĭs'təl) Pronunciation Key
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. |
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