Definition of Pistils. Meaning of Pistils. Synonyms of Pistils

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Definition of Pistils

Pistil
Pistel Pis"tel, Pistil Pis"til, n. An epistle. [Obs.]
Pistil
Pistil Pis"til, n. [L. pistillum, pistillus, a pestle: cf. F. pistil. See Pestle.] (Bot.) 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.

Meaning of Pistils from wikipedia

- The word "pistil" comes from Latin pistillum meaning pestle. A sterile pistil in a male flower is referred to as a pistillode. The pistils of a flower...
- simple pistils. Each pistil contains one carpel; together, they form a fruitlet. The ultimate (fruiting) development of the aggregation of pistils is called...
- Stamen & Pistils are a three-piece electronic folk pop group from Washington, D.C. Stamen & Pistils began in 2002 as a side project of Raul Zahir De Leon...
- sugar apple (Annona spp.) fruit are made up of individual berry-like pistils fused with the receptacle. Multiple fruit, a structure formed from the...
- compound ovary in a single flower with a single pistil. In contrast, a single flower with numerous pistils typically produces an aggregate fruit; and the...
- plants, which produce pollen. Female reproductive structures, such as pistils in flowering plants, produce ovules and receive pollen for fertilization...
- contained in the ovule and enclosed in the carpel; one or more carpels form the pistil. The flower may consist only of these parts, as in wind-pollinated plants...
- The flower is the angiosperm's reproductive organ. This Hibiscus flower is hermaphroditic, and it contains stamen and pistils....
- then move to the apex of the pistil, where pollen is deposited on the stigma, and lay eggs into the base of the pistil where seeds will develop. The...
- and the pistils are long; in the second morph (termed "thrum", "brevistylous", or "short-styled" flower) the stamens are long and the pistils are short;...