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Webster 1913 Edition

Pistil

{

Pis′tel

,

Pis′til

}
,
Noun.
An epistle.
[Obs.]

Pis′til

,
Noun.
[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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pistil

PIS'TIL

,
Noun.
[L. pistillum, a pestle.] In botany, the pointal, an organ of female flowers adhering to the fruit for the reception of the pollen, supposed to be a continuation of the pith, and when perfect, consisting of three parts, the germ or ovary, the style, and the stigma.

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