carpel

UK: /ˈkɑːp^əl/ US: (kär′pəl)

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car•pel  (kär′pəl), n. [Bot.]

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

• Neo-Latin carpellum, equivalent. to Greek karp(ós) fruit + Latin -ellum diminutive suffix
• 1810–20;

car•pel•lar•y  (kär′pə ler′ē), adj. 

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carpel / ˈkɑːp^əl/ noun

1. the female reproductive organ of flowering plants, consisting of an ovary, style (sometimes absent), and stigma. The carpels are separate or fused to form a single pistil

Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin carpellum, from Greek karpos fruit

ˈcarpellary adjective