noun
- the female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of the stigma, style, and ovary
Usage: botanical term
Examples
- The bee collected pollen from the flower’s pistil.
- Each lily has a prominent pistil in the center.
- The pistil contains the ovary where seeds develop.
- Students examined the pistil under a microscope.
- The flower’s pistil was covered with yellow pollen.
- Botanists study how the pistil functions in reproduction.