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Carpel

Carpel Meaning & Definition
Carpel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Carpel?

[n] a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil

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See Also | bloom | blossom | flower | gynoecium | pistil

Carpel In Webster's Dictionary

\Car"pel\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]l), Carpellum \Car*pel"lum\ (-p[e^]l"l[u^]m), n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of {Carpaphore}.

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