Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pistel \Pis"tel\, Pistil \Pis"til\, n.
An epistle. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pistil \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 portion called a
style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when
composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower,
and Ovary.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pistil
n 1: the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary
and style and stigma
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "pistil":
androecium, anther, calyx, carpel, corolla, corolla tube, corona,
epicalyx, gynoecium, megasporophyll, microsporophyll, perianth,
petal, receptacle, stamen, stigma, style, torus