CARPELS

Noun

carpels

plural of carpel

Anagrams

• clasper, craples, parcels, placers, reclasp, scalper

Source: Wiktionary


CARPEL

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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