Read full poem →bring on your fireworks, which are a mixed
splender of piston and of pistil; very well
provided an instant may be fixed
Dictionary Entry
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.
In a Sentence
“Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. pistil1 pistilpistil compoundpistil singlepistil onepistil simple
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Poetry examples for “pistil”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Now the chimney was all of the house that stood,
Like a pistil after the petals go._