Thesaurus: pistil

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1. n. An epistle.
2. n. 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.
3. n. the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
4. An epistle. [Obs.] 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.
5. The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary,containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which iscommonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composedof one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it iscompound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
6. n:100 n. the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma