PISTIL  , a See also:

• TERM

term in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany for the See also:

• FEMALE

female or See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed-bearing See also:

• ORGAN

organ of a See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower (q.v.) . The See also:

• LAT

Lat. pistillum (diminutive from pinsere, pistum, to See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound), a pestle, a See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club-headed See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument used for crushing or braying substances in a See also:

• MORTAR

mortar (q.v.), was taken as the name for this organ from its similarity in shape, and thence adapted in Fr. pistil about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In its See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a pistil consists of three parts—ovary, at the See also:

• BASE

base, containing the bodies which become seeds, See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style (Gr. vriiXos, See also:

• PILLAR (0. Fr. piler, Mod. pilier, Late Lat. pilare, from pila, column)

pillar), and stigma (Gr. aTlyµa, See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark, vrtTeL), to See also:

• BRAND, JOHN (1744-1806)
• BRAND, SIR JOHN HENRY (1823-1888)

brand), the See also:

• PART

part which in impregnation receives the See also:

• POLLEN, AUGUST (or, as he afterwards called himself, ADOLF) LUDWIG (1794-1855)

pollen .