Carpel

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  • noun. One of the structural units of a pistil, representing a modified, ovule-bearing leaf.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In botany, a simple pistil, or one of the several members composing a compound pistil or fruit.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
    • Word Usage
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    Equivalent
    carpellum  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pistil  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    mericarp  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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    variant
    carpaphore  
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