pistil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle.

Pronunciation

Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪstəl

Noun

pistil (plural pistils)

(botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. [from 18th c.]
- Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.

Translations

a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit

Arabic: مِدَقّة‎‎ f (midaqqa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蕊 (zh) (ruǐ) (stamen or pistil), 雌蕊 (zh) (círuǐ)
Czech: pestík (cs) m
Dutch: stamper (nl) m
Finnish: emi (fi)
French: pistil (fr) m
German: Stempel (de) m
Hungarian: termőtáj
Italian: pistillo (it) m
Japanese: 雌蕊 (ja) (めしべ, meshibe, しずい, shizui)

Macedonian: толчник m (tólčnik)
Maori: hemauwha
Occitan: pistil m
Polish: słupek (pl) m
Portuguese: pistilo (pt) m
Russian: пе́стик (ru) m (péstik)
Slovene: pestič (sl) m
Spanish: pistilo (es) m
Swedish: pistill (sv) c
Thai: เกสรตัวเมีย (gee-sɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-miia)

See also

stamen
gynoecium, carpel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pistillum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pis.til/
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Noun

pistil m (plural pistils)

Further reading

“pistil” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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