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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.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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pistil
"female organ of a flower," 1718, from Fr. pistil, from Mod.L. pistillum "a pistil," so called from resemblance to a pestle, from L. pistillum "pestle" (see pestle).
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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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