pistill — meaning in English

English meaning

• pestle noun A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

Senses

pistill is used for these senses in English:

• pestle A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
• pistil (botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. [from 18th c.]

pestle — full definition

1. noun A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
2. noun A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
3. noun The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

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