(noun.) the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma.
校对:莎娜
双语例句
Thus, in plants, the office of the pistil is to allow the pollen-tubes to reach the ovules within the ovarium. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Why should the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils, in each flower, though fitted for such distinct purposes, be all constructed on the same pattern? 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.