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carpel

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Noun
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car=pel

CIDE DICTIONARY

carpeln. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carpel, n. Bot. the female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of a stigma, style, and ovary.

Derivative
carpellary adj.
Etymology
F carpelle or mod.L carpellum f. Gk karpos fruit

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