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- pistil "female organ of a flower," 1718, from Fr. pistil, from Mod.L. pistillum "a pistil," so called from resemblance to a pestle, from L. pistillum "pestle" (see PESTLE (Cf. pestle)).
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pistil — [ pistil ] n. m. • 1690; pistille 1685; lat. pistillus « pilon » ♦ Organe femelle des plantes à fleurs. ⇒ gynécée. Parties du pistil. ⇒ carpelle, ovaire, stigmate, style. Étamines et pistil. ● pistil nom masculin (latin pistillus, pilon) Organe… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pistil — m. pistil bot … Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu
pistil — pistil. См. пестик. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
pistil — ► NOUN Botany ▪ the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary. ORIGIN Latin pistillum pestle … English terms dictionary
pistil — [pis′təl] n. [Fr < L pistillum,PESTLE] the seed bearing organ of a flowering plant consisting of one carpel or of several united carpels: see also FLOWER … English World dictionary
Pistil — Fleur de pommier Pistil au centre, au milieu des … Wikipédia en Français
pistil — /pis tl/, n. Bot. 1. the ovule bearing or seed bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma. See diag. under flower. 2. such organs collectively, where there are more than one in a flower. 3. a gynoecium … Universalium
pistil — PISTÍL1, pistiluri, s.n. 1. Organ femel de reproducere a plantelor fanerogame, format din ovar, stil şi stigmat. 2. Piesă de sticlă, de porţelan etc. cu care se sfărâmă, se pulverizează, se amestecă sau se freacă în mojar substanţe chimice sau… … Dicționar Român
pistil — UK [ˈpɪstɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms pistil : singular pistil plural pistils biology the female part of a flower … English dictionary
