NOUN | plant | pistil | the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma |
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Sounds | pih'stahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | The female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma. | |
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Part of | flower, bloom, blossom | reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts |
Parts | style | (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma |
Narrower | carpel | A simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil |
compound pistil | Consists of two or more fused carpels | |
pistillode | A sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower | |
simple pistil | Consists of one carpel | |
Broader | reproductive structure | The parts of a plant involved in its reproduction |
Spanish | gineceo, pistilo | |
Catalan | gineceu, pistil |
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