carpel

(kärpəl)

noun

  1. a simple pistil, regarded as a single ovule-bearing leaf or modified leaflike structure
  2. any of the segments of a compound pistil, usually having a single stigma

Origin: ModL dim. < Gr karpos, fruit: see harvest

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See carpel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
One of the structural units of a pistil, representing a modified, ovule-bearing leaf.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin carpellum

Origin: , from Greek karpos, fruit; see kerp- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • carˈpel·larˌy (-pə-lĕrˌē) adjective

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