pistil

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• rhymes with -ɪstəl
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• homophone: pistol
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• CMU ARPABET: P IH1 S T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle and pistillum.

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِدَقَّة (midaqqa) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Belarusian: слупо́к (slupók) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Belarusian: пе́сцік (pjéscik) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Catalan: pistil — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 蕊 (ruǐ) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 雌蕊 (círuǐ) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Czech: pestík — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Dutch: stamper — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Esperanto: pistilo — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Finnish: emi — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• French: pistil — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Georgian: ბუტკო (buṭḳo) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• German: Stempel — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Hebrew: עֱלִי (elí) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Hungarian: termőtáj — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Ingrian: pestikka — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Italian: pistillo — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Japanese: 雌蕊 — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Korean: 암술 (amsul) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Korean: 암꽃술 (amkkotsul) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Korean: 자예 (jaye) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Latvian: auglenīca — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Macedonian: толчник (tolčnik) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Māori: hemauwha — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Occitan: pistil — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Polish: słupek — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Portuguese: pistilo — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Romanian: pistil — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Russian: пе́стик (péstik) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Slovene: pestič — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Spanish: pistilo — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Swedish: pistill — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Thai: เกสรตัวเมีย (gee-sɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-miia) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Turkish: karpel — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Turkish: pistil — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit
• Ukrainian: ма́точка (mátočka) — a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit