Associations to the word «Carpel»
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Wiktionary
CARPEL, noun. (botany) 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.
Dictionary definition
CARPEL, noun. A simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil.
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