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pistil: see piston
[pistil etymology, pistil origin, 英语词源]
pistil (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"female organ of a flower," 1718, from French pistil, from Modern Latin pistillum "a pistil," so called from resemblance to a pestle, from Latin pistillum "pestle" (see pestle). Related: Pistillary; pistillaceous; pistillate; pistilline.