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Pistil vs Aetheogam - What's the difference?

pistil | aetheogam |

As nouns the difference between pistil and aetheogam

is that pistil is (botany) a discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma while aetheogam is .

pistil

English

(wikipedia pistil)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.
  • * Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.

    • See also

    * stamen ----

    aetheogam

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A cryptogam; a plant of the obsolete taxonomic class Cryptogamia , having neither stamina nor pistils, and therefore no proper flowers, such as an alga, fern, fungus, lichen or moss.

    • Usage notes

    * Being derived from the two vowels ) being optional; the spellings *''ætheogam'' and *''etheogam are, therefore, erroneous.

    Derived terms

    * aetheogamous (botany)

    Synonyms

    * cryptogam

    References