carpel

English

Etymology

French carpelle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəl
  • Homophone: carpal

Noun

carpel (plural carpels)

  1. (botany) One of the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. The term pistil is sometimes used to refer to a single carpel or to several carpels fused together.

Translations

References

  • "carpel." The American Heritage® Science Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Company. 23 Feb. 2007. .

Anagrams


Old French

Etymology

From carpe + -el.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /karˈpɛl/

Noun

carpel m (oblique plural carpiaus, nominative singular carpiaus, nominative plural carpel)

  1. young carp (fish)

Descendants

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