pistillidium

English

Etymology

From New Latin pistillidium, from Latin pistillum (“pestle”) + -idium.

Noun

pistillidium (plural pistillidia)

1. (botany, archaic) An archegonium.

References

• “pistillidium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.