pistil-bearing
1Pistil — 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… …
2pistil — [pis′təl] n. [Fr < L pistillum,PESTLE] the seed bearing organ of a flowering plant consisting of one carpel or of several united carpels: see also FLOWER …
3pistil — /pis tl/, n. Bot. 1. the ovule bearing or seed bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma. See diag. under flower. 2. such organs collectively, where there are more than one in a flower. 3. a gynoecium …
4pistil — /ˈpɪstl / (say pistl) noun Botany 1. the ovule bearing or seed bearing organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style and stigma. 2. such organs collectively, where there are more than one in a flower. 3. → gynoecium. {New Latin… …
5pistil — pis•til [[t]ˈpɪs tl[/t]] n. bot the seed bearing organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma. • Etymology: 1570–80; < NL pistillum; L: pestle …
6female — a. 1. Breeding, bearing, conceiving, offspring bearing, child bearing. 2. Pistillate, pistil bearing, fertile. 3. Of females, belonging to or characterizing females. 4. Feminine, delicate, soft, weak, gentle …
7style — I. noun Etymology: Middle English stile, style, from Latin stilus spike, stem, stylus, style of writing; perhaps akin to Latin instigare to goad more at stick Date: 14th century 1. designation, title 2. a. a distinctive manner of expression (as… …
8female — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) The female sex Nouns 1. female, womankind, womanhood, femininity, muliebrity; fair sex, weaker sex; feminist, suffragist (see choice); women s liberation or movement, feminism, NOW; mommy track. See… …
9michelia — mīˈkēlēə, lyə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Piero Antonio Micheli died 1737 Italian botanist + New Latin ia 1. capitalized : a genus of Asiatic shrubs and trees (family Magnoliaceae) having introrse anthers and the pistil bearing receptacle… …
10reproductive system, plant — Introduction any of the systems, sexual or asexual, by which plants reproduce. In plants, as in animals, the end result of reproduction is the continuation of a given species, and the ability to reproduce is, therefore, rather conservative …
