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  • 1simple pistil — noun consists of one carpel • Hypernyms: ↑pistil …

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  • 2pistil — /pis tl/, n. Bot. 1. the ovule bearing or seed bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma. See diag. under flower. 2. such organs collectively, where there are more than one in a flower. 3. a gynoecium …

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  • 3Pistil — Pis til, n. [L. pistillum, pistillus, a pestle: cf. F. pistil. See {Pestle}.] (Bot.) The seed bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated… …

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  • 4simple — [sim′pəl] adj. simpler, simplest [OFr < L simplus < IE * sṃplos < bases * sem , one + * plo , fold: see DOUBLE] 1. having or consisting of only one part, feature, substance, etc.; not compounded or complex; single 2. having few parts or… …

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  • 5simple — adj. & n. adj. 1 easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty (a simple explanation; a simple task). 2 not complicated or elaborate; without luxury or sophistication. 3 not compound; consisting of or involving only one element or operation …

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  • 6simple fruit — noun an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry • Syn: ↑bacca • Hypernyms: ↑berry * * * a fruit formed from one pistil. [1875 80] * * * simple fruit, a …

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  • 7simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil. [1875 80] * * * …

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  • 8simple fruit — sim′ple fruit′ n. bot a fruit formed from one pistil • Etymology: 1875–80 …

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  • 9simple fruit — /sɪmpəl ˈfrut/ (say simpuhl frooht) noun a fruit formed from one pistil …

  • 10List of plant morphology terms — Biologists that study plant morphology use a number of different terms to describe plant organs and parts that can be observed with the human eye using no more than a hand held magnifying lens. These terms are used to identify and classify plants …

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