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Meaning of "pistil" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PISTIL

From Latin pistillumpestle.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PISTIL

pistil  [ˈpɪstɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PISTIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pistil is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PISTIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gynoecium

Gynoecium is most commonly used as a collective term for the structures of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The basic unit of the gynoecium is the carpel which is interpreted as a modified leaf bearing ovules; the carpel is the site of the production of megaspores, which develops into the female gametophyte. Carpels are typically rolled and fused along their margins to produce an enclosing structure inside which the ovules develop. The gynoecium may consist of single carpels or multiple fused carpels, but in either case the structure looks similar and typically consists of an expanded basal portion called the ovaries, an elongated tube called a style and an apical structure that receives pollen called a stigma. The gynoecium is the inner most whorl of structures in a flower and is typically surrounded by the pollen-producing reproductive organs, collectively called the androecium. The androecium consists of stamens. The term gynoecium is also used by botanists to refer to a cluster of archegonia and any associated modified leaves or stems present on a gametophyte shoot in mosses, liverworts and hornworts.

Definition of pistil in the English dictionary

The definition of pistil in the dictionary is the female reproductive part of a flower, consisting of one or more separate or fused carpels; gynoecium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PISTIL


apostil
əˈpɒstɪl
apostille
əˈpɒstɪl
bestill
bɪˈstɪl
instil
ɪnˈstɪl
instill
ɪnˈstɪl
pastil
ˈpæstɪl
pastille
ˈpæstɪl
postil
ˈpɒstɪl
redistil
ˌriːdɪˈstɪl
standstill
ˈstændˌstɪl
still
stɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PISTIL

pistache
pistachio
pistachio ice cream
pistachio nut
pistareen
piste
pisted
pistillar
pistillary
pistillate
pistillode
Pistoia
pistol
pistol grip
pistol point
pistol shot
pistol-whip
pistol-whipped
pistol-whipping
pistole

WORDS THAT END LIKE PISTIL

coutil
dentil
distil
falcon-gentil
gentil
gumbotil
Jugendstil
Largactil
lentil
Port-Gentil
puy lentil
ramtil
tormentil
until
ventil
whereuntil

Synonyms and antonyms of pistil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pistil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PISTIL

Find out the translation of pistil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pistil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pistil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雌蕊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pistilo
570 millions of speakers

English

pistil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्त्रीकेसर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المدقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пестик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pistilo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুষ্পের গর্ভকেশর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pistil
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pistil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stempel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雌しべ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

암술
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pistil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhụy cái của hoa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யோனி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुलातील स्त्रीकेशर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pistil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pistillo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słupek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

товкач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pistil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ύπερο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stamper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pistill
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pistil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pistil

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PISTIL»

The term «pistil» is regularly used and occupies the 89.931 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PISTIL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pistil

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PISTIL»

Discover the use of pistil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pistil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Genetic Analysis of Pollen-pistil Interactions in Arabidopsis
I describe here a previously unknown function for EXL4, an abundant pollen coat protein, in promoting pollen hydration on the stigma, and show that changes in lipid composition at the pollen-stigma interface, mediated by extracellular ...
Emily Parker Updegraff, 2008
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Competition Science Vision
Pistil (female reproductive part), which is often vaselike in appearance, is situated at the very centre of a flower. A pistil may be simple or compound. A simple pistil contains a single reproductive unit called a carpel. A carpel usually has three ...
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Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and ...
In the centre of the flower stands the pistil, an organ essential to the. continued existence of the plant. Like the stamens, the pistils vary in number in different plants, some having but one, and others hundreds. Linnaeus founded the orders of ...
Mrs. Lincoln Phelps, 1836
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
Cal. 2-fidus. exterior, 5-fida ; interior 5-petala. Legumen. ORDER VI. ENDECANDRIA, or u Stamens. Cor. B. Oae pistil. Cal. 3-cleft. inner 5-petaled. Leguminous. Outer cor. 5 -cleft $ ORDO VIL DODECANDRIA. 1274. MONSONIA. Monogyna.
‎1823
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A Grammar of Botany, Illustrative of Artificial, as Well as ...
Bot. t. 19, showing it': fifth filament, which has no anthem—182. Gentiuna meme. 0. Pistil.-. 183. Erarumfilrfimne. a. Corolla laid open, with the stamens. b. Pistil.- 184. JlL-'ngantltes nymphaoides; Villursia of Ventenat. a. Calyx and pistil.—-185.
James Edward Smith, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, 1821
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PLANT TAXONOMY 2E
How to Calculate the Number of Carpels in a Pistil? For calculating the number of carpels in a pistil, proceed as follows: (1) Observe Carefully the Outline of the Ovary (i) If it is cleary asymmetrical in cross-section, the pistil is likely to be made  ...
SHARMA, 2011
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Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and ...
Caps. s- locularis, polysperma. Stylus indmlus. Semina la- nata. Order VI. ENDECANDRIA, or 1 1 Stamens. B. One pisiil. Cal. 2-cleft. Outer cor. 5-cleft ; inner 5-petaled. Leguminous. Order VII. DODECANDRIA, or 12 Stamens. M. One pistil.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, James Millar, 1810
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School botany; or, An explanation of the characters and ...
Pistil 3-celled, many-seeded, with parietal placentae. Fruit pulpy. Flowers unisexual Cueurbitaeece. b. Pistil 2-celled, with 1 style. Fruit hard. Stem round - - Cornacece. c. Pistil 2-celled, with 2 styles. Fruit hard. Stem angular - - Stellatce. d.
John Lindley, 1839
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Self-Incompatibility in Flowering Plants: Evolution, ...
11.2. S. Proteins. Determine. S-Specificity. in. the. Pistil. 11.2.1. Identification. of. Pistil. S-locus. Components. The cloning and identification of the Papaver S- locus components has not been straightforward. In contrast to the ...
Vernonica E. Franklin-Tong, 2008
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Encyclopedia of Genetics
In a population with several established incompatibility alleles, mutation to a new specificity for pollen, say, would produce a self-compatible plant, not a complete new 5-allele, because its pistil type would be unchanged (Lewis, 1960).
Eric C.R. Reeve, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PISTIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pistil is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pollination is important to every vegetable garden
Pollen is produced in the male parts of the flower (anther) and must be transferred to the female parts (pistil). Once pollen is transferred, the ... «Columbia County News Times, Jul 15»
2
ORRIN MORRIS: Climbing milkweed offers fragrant flowers for …
Each floret is complete with five petals, five stamens and a pistil; however, the only way to examine this is with a very powerful magnifying glass ... «newtoncitizen, Jul 15»
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Back Roads: Couple in search of perfect daylily
Mike Grossmann prepares to put pollen on the pistil of a daylily at Northern Lights Daylilies in West Concord. He hydridizes thousands of lilits to ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
4
Amid Global Bee Decline, Beekeeper Stresses Need for Apiarists
Pollen must be moved from a flower's pistil to its stamen. Otherwise, it will produce ill-formed fruit, or nothing at all. “It's flower sex, basically. «The SandPaper, Jul 15»
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Nature in Short / Nemunoki sleeping trees, rugosa roses and clear …
In most Legume Family flowers the stamens and pistil are hidden inside the petals, but in this species they are out in the open. I have noticed ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»
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Marguerite By Christophe Claret: A Daisy By Any Other Name . . .
... beautiful butterflies (filled with colored Super-LumiNova): one on the petals displaying the hour, the other on the pistil displaying the minutes. «Quill & Pad, Jul 15»
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Monte Carlo Summer Auction To Feature Boucheron, Cartier …
The six petals are laid with sapphires, while the pistil, the curved stem and the undulating leaves are set with diamonds (estimate : $45,000 ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Take a look behind the scenes at the Mall fireworks show
Then the first 10-inch shell of the show is a Blue and White Peony with a red strobe pistil. The 8-inch and 10-inch display shells are the largest ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Immuno-Witchery (or I Aten't Dead Pt. 1)
I saw how they lovingly tended to the flowers; it was devotional how they entered the sacred space of stamen and pistil. Service. Power. «Patheos, Jul 15»
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'Like being in a war zone' pyrotechnics expert says as he prepares …
The label on each pyrotechnic bundle, or “shell,” promises different versions of nature-inspired bombs — “red wave with double blue pistil,” ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»

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