seed-pistil

Updated: May 14, 2025

Each was borne up by a pair of huge wings full five yards from tip to tip; while from the body, between, a neck of enormous length was extended horizontally prolonged into a tapering-pointed beak, in shape like the seed-pistil of a pelargonium.

Mayne Reid - The Cliff Climbers: A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"