pistil的词源

英文词源

pistil

pistil: see piston

pistil (n.)

"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.

中文词源

pistil：雌蕊

来自拉丁语pistillum,小杵，来自pinsere,踩，踏，捣，词源同pestle,piston.-ille,小词后缀。用于植物学名词雌蕊，因形似一根小杵而得名。

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