Flower pistil, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Pistils hold a plant's female reproductive structures. They contain one or more carpels, w

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Flower pistil, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Pistils hold a plant's female reproductive structures. They contain one or more carpels, which, in turn, contain a stigma, style and an ovary. Within the ovaries are the ovules, the female gametes (sex cells). The ovaries are fertilised by pollen grains, the male gametes.

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