pistil
pistil
Definition
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
pistil
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- flower: First there is self-pollination, where the pollen from a certain flower end up on the pistil of the same flower.
Adjective modifier
- central: There are about 20 stamens, white with an orange head, clustered around a central green pistil with a yellow head.
- single: Each flower has six stamens and a single pistil.
Modifies a noun
- bottle: Stick them onto the hooked ' Velcro ' strips on the base of the pistil bottle.
Preposition: in
- form: Linum perenne, torsion of the pistils in the long-styled form alone.
Browse dictionary entries near pistil
- piste
- pistareen
- pistachio
- pissoir
- pisser
- pissed
- Pissarro
- pissant
- piss-elegant
- piss
- pistillate
- pistol
- pistol-whip
- pistole
- pistoleer
- piston
- piston ring
- piston rod
- pistou
- pit
