"pistil" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-pistil.ogg [US] Forms: pistils [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪstəl Etymology: Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|pistil}} French pistil, {{doublet|en|pestle}} Doublet of pestle Head templates: {{en-noun}} pistil (plural pistils)
  1. (botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. Wikipedia link: pistil Categories (topical): Botany Derived forms: pistillate, pistilliferous Related terms: stamen, gynoecium, carpel Translations (a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit): مِدَقَّة (midaqqa) [feminine] (Arabic), слупо́к (slupók) [masculine] (Belarusian), пе́сцік (pjéscik) [masculine] (Belarusian), pistil [masculine] (Catalan), (ruǐ) (english: stamen or pistil) (Chinese Mandarin), 雌蕊 (círuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), pestík [masculine] (Czech), stamper [masculine] (Dutch), emi (Finnish), pistil [masculine] (French), Stempel [masculine] (German), עֱלִי (elí) [masculine] (Hebrew), termőtáj (Hungarian), pestikka (Ingrian), pistillo [masculine] (Italian), 雌蕊 (alt: めしべ, meshibe, しずい, shizui) (Japanese), 암술 (amsul) (Korean), толчник (tolčnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), hemauwha (Maori), pistil [masculine] (Occitan), słupek [masculine] (Polish), pistilo [masculine] (Portuguese), pistil [neuter] (Romanian), пе́стик (péstik) [masculine] (Russian), pestič [masculine] (Slovene), pistilo [masculine] (Spanish), pistill [common-gender] (Swedish), เกสรตัวเมีย (gee-sɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-miia) (Thai), karpel (Turkish), pistil (Turkish), ма́точка (mátočka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "roman": "gee-sɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-miia",
      "sense": "a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit",
      "word": "เกสรตัวเมีย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit",
      "word": "karpel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit",
      "word": "pistil"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mátočka",
      "sense": "a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́точка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pistil"
}

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