pistil

Plural: pistils

Noun

• The female, seed-bearing organ of a flowering plant.
• the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
• 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.

Examples

• Planting PISTIL on the board blossomed into a triple word score for her.
• Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.

Synonyms

pistillum

Related Words

carpel, gynoecium, stamen