Definition of Pistil. Meaning of Pistil. Synonyms of Pistil

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Definition of Pistil

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

Meaning of Pistil from wikipedia

- gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more) pistils and is typically surrounded by the pollen-producing reproductive organs...
- compound ovary in a single flower with a single pistil. In contrast, a single flower with numerous pistils typically produces an aggregate fruit; and the...
- the pistil which holds the ovule(s) and is located above or below or at the point of connection with the base of the petals and sepals. The pistil may...
- and the pistils are long; in the second morph (termed "thrum", "brevistylous", or "short-styled" flower) the stamens are long and the pistils are short;...
- plants, which produce pollen. Female reproductive structures, such as pistils in flowering plants, produce ovules and receive pollen for fertilization...
- simple pistils. Each pistil contains one carpel; together, they form a fruitlet. The ultimate (fruiting) development of the aggregation of pistils is called...
- carpels is called gynoecious. A pistil consists of one or more carpels. A flower with functional stamens but no functional pistil is called a staminate flower...
- from the stigma (in flowering plants) to the ovules at the base of the pistil or directly through ovule tissue in some gymnosperms. In maize, this single...
- abortive flower is a flower that has a stamen but an under developed, or no pistil. It falls without producing fruit or seeds, due to its inability to fructify...
- The flower has both male parts (anthers) and female parts (stigma and pistil), also referred to as a monoecious angiosperm. The Plant List Heliconia...