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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
  • mericarp a carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity
  • compound pistil consists of two or more fused carpels
  • carpellary belonging to or forming or containing carpels
  • pistillate bearing or consisting of carpels
  • 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
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