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CARPEL
carpel
(noun) a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
carpel (plural carpels)
(botany) One of the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. The term pistil is sometimes used to refer to a single carpel or to several carpels fused together.
Anagrams
• Placer, craple, parcel, placer
Source: Wiktionary
Car"pel, Car*pel"lum, n. Etym: [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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