pointal
English
Etymology
From point: compare French pointal (“an upright wooden prop”), Old French pointille (“a prick or prickle”).
Noun
pointal (plural pointals)
- (botany) The pistil of a plant.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pointal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Lapoint, platino-