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| carpel |
the female organ of a flower, consisting of a modified leaf that forms a single pistil or one member of a compound pistil, in which the seeds mature. |
| corn silk |
the long silky part of the pistil of the corn plant, lying between the rows of kernels and extending beyond the tip of the ear. |
| cross-pollinate |
to pollinate by placing pollen from one plant on the pistil of another of a different type. |
| gynoecium |
the female reproductive organs of a flower; carpel, or carpels collectively; pistil, or pistils collectively. |
| gynophore |
a stalk that supports a flower's pistil or pistils. |
| hypogynous |
of petals, sepals, and stamens, attached to the receptacle below the pistil, as in a tulip. (Cf. epigynous, perigynous.) |
| ovary |
in a flowering plant, the lower section of the pistil that contains the ovules or seeds and that enlarges to form the fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| pistillate |
of a flower, having a pistil or pistils, esp. in the absence of stamens. |
| polycarpic |
having a pistil with multiple ovaries. [1/2 definitions] |
| stigma |
part of a plant that receives pollen; pistil. [1/5 definitions] |
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