pistil
pistil noun: 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.
Noun
pistil (plural pistils)
pistil meaning in Tamil, Gujarati, Arabic and Thai
pistil in Tamil
- யோனி, சூலகம், சூலறை, முகலி
pistil in Gujarati
- pistil
- સ્ત્રીકેસર strīkesar
pistil in Arabic
- a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
- مِدَقَّة midaqqa
pistil in Thai
- a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
- เกสรตัวเมีย gee-sɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-miia
Synonyms of pistil
Forms of pistil
| plural | pistils |
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Origin of pistil
Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle and pistillum.
Words formed from pistil
Words that rhyme with pistil
Questions about pistil
- What does pistil mean?
- Pistil means 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.
- What is pistil in Tamil?
- Pistil in Tamil is யோனி, சூலகம், சூலறை. See Pistil meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pistil?
- Pistil is a noun.
- What is the plural of pistil?
- The plural of pistil is pistils.
Words near pistil in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pistil (page history and authors); pistil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સ્ત્રીકેસર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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