pistilo

From pisti (“to pound”) +‎ -ilo (“tool”).

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtilo/

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: pis‧ti‧lo

pistilo (accusative singular pistilon, plural pistiloj, accusative plural pistilojn)

1. pestle

• pistilo kaj pistujo (“mortar and pestle”)

• pistujo (“mortar”)

Learned borrowing from Latin pistillum. Compare English pestle in addition to pistil.

• Hyphenation: pis‧ti‧lo

pistilo m (plural pistilos)

2. (botany) pistil (a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit)

• “pistilo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Borrowed from Latin pistillum. Compare English pestle in addition to pistil.

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtilo/ [pisˈt̪i.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: pis‧ti‧lo

pistilo m (plural pistilos)

2. (botany) pistil (a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit)

• “pistilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024