Pistil

Pistil [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names


	The pistil is the female reproductive organs of a flower consists of a free carpel or of a group of fused carpels.

The single or compound pistil of a flower in the ensemble form the gynoecium, which may consist of one or several pistils. When in a flower the carpel is single the terms gynoecium and pistil are synonymous.

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