CARPEL


Meaning of CARPEL in English

— carpellary /kahr"peuh ler'ee/ , adj.

/kahr"peuhl/ , n. Bot.

a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.

[ 1810-20; carpellum, equiv. to Gk karp ( ós ) fruit + L -ellum dim. suffix ]

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