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Definition of pistil noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pistil

noun

/ˈpɪstɪl/

/ˈpɪstɪl/

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the female organs of a flower, which receive the pollen and produce seeds
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French pistile or Latin pistillum ‘pestle’.

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