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Definitions of carpel
  1. noun
    a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
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  • aggregate composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
  • apocarpous (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
  • simple pistil consists of one carpel
  • carpellate bearing or consisting of carpels
  • syncarpous (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels
  • acarpelous having no carpels
  • carpophore a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel
  • asteridae a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder
  • subclass asteridae a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder
  • acarpellous having no carpels
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