HyperDic: carpel

English > 1 sense of the word carpel:
NOUNplantcarpela simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
English > carpel: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil.
Part offlower, bloom, blossomreproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
NarrowermericarpA carpel with one seed
BroaderpistilThe female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
Spanishcarpelo
Catalancarpel
Adjectivescarpellarybelonging to or forming or containing carpels

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