Definitions of pistil

1. the female ovule- bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma

2. The seedbearing organ in the center of a flower.

3. The female organ in the centre of a flower, so called from its likeness to the pestle of a mortar.

4. Seed- bearing organ of a flower.

5. The seed bearing organ of a flowering plant.

6. The female organ in a flower.

7. In bot., the seed- bearing organ, occupying the centre of a flower, consisting of an upper part or stigma, a central part or style, and a lower or ovarium, containing the young seeds called ovules.

8. The seed- bearing organ of a flower, consisting of ovary and stigma.