Pistil
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The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary,containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which iscommonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composedof one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it iscompound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
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Another name for female.
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