[car.pel] n [NL carpellum, fr. Gk karpos fruit] (1835): one of the ovule-bearing structures in an angiosperm that comprises the innermost whorl of a flower--compare pistil -- car.pel.lary adj -- car.pel.late adj
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Meaning of CARPEL in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012