| 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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