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Pistil   /pˈɪstəl/   Listen
Pistil

noun
1.
The female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma.



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compound pistil
pistillode
simple pistil


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"Pistil" Quotes from Famous Books



... are always relatively minute cells since the circumstances of their development as parasites upon the mother plant render it unnecessary for them to possess any great supply of food yolk. The ovules are found surrounded by maternal tissue in the ovary, but through the stigma and down the pistil a {4} potential passage is left for the male cell. The majority of flowers are hermaphrodite, and in many cases they are also self-fertilising. The anthers burst and the contained pollen grains are ...
— Mendelism - Third Edition • Reginald Crundall Punnett
... thet, Bishop," groaned the cracker. "I ain't tryin' ter. But I cyan't let you roast in this yere d—— barbecue! Look a yere!" He lowered the revolver through the window. "Thar's a pistil, an' w'en th' fire cotches onter you an' yo' gwine suah 's shootin', then put it ter yo' head an' pull the trigger, an' ...
— Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 • Various


Words linked to "Pistil" :   reproductive structure, bloom, blossom, carpel, flower, pistillode, style, compound pistil


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