CARPEL


Meaning of CARPEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkär-pəl ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin carpellum, from Greek karpos fruit

Date: 1835

: one of the ovule-bearing structures in an angiosperm that comprises the innermost whorl of a flower — compare pistil

• car·pel·lary -pə-ˌler-ē adjective

• car·pel·late -ˌlāt, -lət adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.