pistil

«pistil» in Mova's school dictionary: The female part in the middle of a flower, made of the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pistil, pistils)

meaning for a pupil

The female part in the middle of a flower, made of the stigma, the style and the ovary, where seeds form. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, a labelled flower diagram shows the pistil (also called the carpel) in the centre and the stamens (male parts with pollen) around it. Pollination happens when pollen lands on the sticky stigma at the top of the pistil; then seeds grow in the ovary at its base. Phrases: «the pistil and stamens», «stigma, style and ovary».

examples

• The pistil is in the middle of the flower. tree →
• Pollen sticks to the top of the pistil, called the stigma. tree →
• Seeds grow in the ovary at the bottom of the pistil. tree →
• Label the pistil and the stamens on your flower diagram. tree →
• In a lily, the pistil is long and easy to see. tree →
• The bee brushed pollen onto the pistil. tree →
• The pistil has three parts: stigma, style and ovary. tree →
• After pollination, the pistil's ovary becomes the fruit. tree →

note

Countable. Homophone: «pistol» (a small gun) sounds almost the same — different word. Many textbooks use «carpel» for the same part, or for one unit of it.

In the corpora

• Pollination is the carrying of pollen to the pistil of a flower.
• After fertilisation the ovules become seeds and the flower's ovary, the swollen bottom part of the pistil, grows into a fruit.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pistil» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.