pistil

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma

Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle and pistillum.

The globular part contains the pistil, which consists merely of a germen and stigma, together with the surrounding stamens. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
The only thing which contrasted singularly with his working habiliments was a handsome purple flower, with silvery pistils, which he held in his hand. — The Wandering Jew — Complete, Eugène Sue
A botanist notices that the bee flying with the pollen of a male flower to a pistil fertilizes the latter, and sees in this the purpose of the bee’s existence. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy

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