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Webster 1913 Edition

Pointal

Point′al

,
Noun.
[From
Point
: cf. F.
pointal
an upright wooden prop, OF.
pointille
a prick or prickle.]
1.
(Bot.)
The pistil of a plant.
2.
A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.
“A pair of tablets [i. e., tablets] . . . and a pointel.”
Chaucer.
3.
(Arch.)
See
Poyntel
.
[Obs. or R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Pointal

POINT'AL

,
Noun.
In botany, the pistil of a plant; an organ or viscus adhering to the fruit for the reception of the pollen. Its appearance is that of a column or set of columns in the center of the flower.

Definition 2025

pointal

pointal

English

Noun

pointal ‎(plural pointals)

  1. (botany) The pistil of a plant.

Etymology

From point: compare French pointal ‎(“an upright wooden prop”), Old French pointille ‎(“a prick or prickle”).

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