The swollen basal part of the pistill
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Pistil, the female reproductive part of a flower. The pistil, centrally located, typically consists of a swollen base, the ovary, which contains the potential seeds, or ovules; a stalk, or style, arising from the ovary; and a pollen-receptive tip, the stigma, variously shaped and often sticky.
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ᴀ ᴘᴛᴇʀɪᴅᴏᴘʜʏᴛᴇ ɪs ᴀ ᴠᴀsᴄᴜʟᴀʀ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪsᴘᴇʀsᴇs sᴘᴏʀᴇs. ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴘᴛᴇʀɪᴅᴏᴘʜʏᴛᴇs ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇ ɴᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ғʟᴏᴡᴇʀs ɴᴏʀ sᴇᴇᴅs, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs ʀᴇғᴇʀʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀs "ᴄʀʏᴘᴛᴏɢᴀᴍs", ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴍᴇᴀɴs ᴏғ ʀᴇᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ʜɪᴅᴅᴇɴ. ғᴇʀɴs, ʜᴏʀsᴇᴛᴀɪʟs, ᴀɴᴅ ʟʏᴄᴏᴘʜʏᴛᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴘᴛᴇʀɪᴅᴏᴘʜʏᴛᴇs.
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