NOUN | plant | carpel | a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil |
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Meaning | A simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil. | |
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Part of | flower, bloom, blossom | reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts |
Narrower | mericarp | A carpel with one seed |
Broader | pistil | The female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma |
Spanish | carpelo | |
Catalan | carpel | |
Adjectives | carpellary | belonging to or forming or containing carpels |
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