Usage examples (36)

• We will leave it there for a time, and examine the body called the pistil, to which the knob belongs.
• Surrounding the pistil are the stamens, few or many, the anther at the extremity containing the powdery pollen.
• The female organ is called the pistil, and it has a sticky part on the end to receive pollen called the stigma.
• The pistil is the same as the stamina, only that it extends to a greater length: the stamina and pistil are shaded very light scarlet.