Definition

1. Noun:
   • (Botany) Pistil: The female reproductive organ of a flower, typically consisting of an ovary, a style, and a stigma. It is the part that receives pollen and produces seeds.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hoa này có nhụy rất dài. (This flower has a very long pistil.)
  • Ong thụ phấn bằng cách chuyển phấn hoa đến nhụy. (Bees pollinate by transferring pollen to the pistil.)
  • Nhụy hoa thường nằm ở trung tâm. (The pistil is usually located at the center.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bộ nhụy" (Gynoecium): Refers to the collective term for all the pistils (or carpels) in a single flower.
  • Bộ nhụy của hoa sen rất phức tạp. (The gynoecium of the lotus flower is very complex.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đầu nhụy (Stigma): The sticky tip of the pistil that receives pollen.
  • Đầu nhụy thường có chất dính để giữ hạt phấn. (The stigma often has a sticky substance to hold pollen grains.)
• Vòi nhụy (Style): The slender stalk connecting the stigma to the ovary.
  • Vòi nhụy nâng đỡ đầu nhụy. (The style supports the stigma.)
• Bầu nhụy (Ovary): The enlarged basal part of the pistil that contains the ovules.
  • Bầu nhụy sẽ phát triển thành quả sau khi thụ tinh. (The ovary will develop into a fruit after fertilization.)

Synonyms

• No direct common synonym in general Vietnamese. In botanical contexts, it is the specific term. A descriptive phrase could be (the female reproductive organ of the flower).

Related Phrases (Compound Terms)

• Nhị và nhụy: Stamen and pistil (the male and female reproductive parts of a flower).
  • Một bông hoa hoàn chỉnh có cả nhị và nhụy. (A complete flower has both stamens and a pistil.)
• Hoa lưỡng tính: Hermaphroditic/Bisexual flower (a flower containing both stamens and a pistil).
  • Hoa cà chua là hoa lưỡng tính. (Tomato flowers are bisexual flowers.)

Related Idioms

• No common idioms directly featuring the word "nhụy". The word is highly specific to botany and is not typically used in figurative or idiomatic expressions.

1. (thực vật) Pistil