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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL |
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PISTIL , a term
female
pound
club
instrument used for crushing or braying substances in a mortar (q.v.), was taken as the name for this organ from its similarity in shape, and thence adapted in Fr. pistil about the middle of the 18th century . In its complete form a pistil consists of three partsovary, at the base, containing the bodies which become seeds, style (Gr. vriiXos, pillar), and stigma (Gr. aTlya, mark, vrtTeL), to brand ), the part
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