THE PISTIL
The pistil is the organ occupying the center of the flower. It consists of three parts—the ovary, or the enlarged part below, consisting of one or more cells or cavities, and containing the ovules, or unfertilized seed; the style, or the stem which upholds the stigma; the stigma, or the roughened portion which receives the pollen.
The pistil is simple, when it has but one ovary, style, stigma, etc.; compound, if any one of these is duplicated.