Definition of Pisil
{ Pis"tel (?), Pis"til (?) },
n. An epistle. [Obs.]
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (botany) the part of a flower which produces the seeds.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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