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pis·til (pis′təl)

noun

the seed-bearing organ of a flowering plant consisting of one carpel or of several united carpels

Etymology: Fr < L pistillum, pestle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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