Carpel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the structural units of a pistil, representing a modified, ovule-bearing leaf.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, a simple pistil, or one of the several members composing a compound pistil or fruit.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
  • Equivalent
    carpellum   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pistil   
    Variant
    carpaphore   
    Hyponym
    mericarp   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts