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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pistel \Pis"tel\, Pistil \Pis"til\, n. An epistle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pistil \Pis"til\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pistil n 1: the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "pistil": androecium, anther, calyx, carpel, corolla, corolla tube, corona, epicalyx, gynoecium, megasporophyll, microsporophyll, perianth, petal, receptacle, stamen, stigma, style, torus