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pistil

the female reproductive part of a flower, consisting of one or more separate or fused carpels; gynoecium
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pistil

[′pist·əl]
(botany)
The ovule-bearing organ of angiosperms; consists of an ovary, a style, and a stigma.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Pistil

 

the reproductive organ of a flower. The pistil, which is located in the center of the flower, typically consists of a hollow and enlarged inferior part—the ovary, a slender and usually cylindrical style or a stylodium, and a stigma. The stigma usually crowns the style or stylodia. If the stylodia are reduced, the stigma sits directly on the ovary. The ovary contains ovules, from which seeds develop after fertilization. The pericarp develops from the walls of the ovary. Thus, the pistil as a whole participates in formation of the fruit. Many botanists consider the term “pistil” to be superfluous because it is synonymous with the apocarpous gynoecium (a simple pistil formed from a single carpel or several free carpels) or with the cenocarpous gynoecium (a compound pistil formed from two or more united carpels).

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