pistil
noun
Middle School
1
A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.
“Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.”
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Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle and pistillum.
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