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The pistil is the collective term for the female reproductive structures in the flower-The Stigma, Style, Ovary and Ovule.
The term carpel is a more specific way of denoting one unit of a pistil, while the term pistil is a less exact way of describing the same part of the flower as the carpel, the ovule producing area. The base of the pistil is called the ovary. The ovary contains the ovules, a stalk (or a style) and a stigma.