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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CARPEL; CARPELLUM

Car "pel, Car *pel "lum, n. Etym: [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.

 

CARPELLARY

CARPELLARY Car "pel *la "ry, a. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

carpel

car pel |ˈkärpəl ˈkɑrpəl | noun Botany the female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an ovary, a stigma, and usually a style. It may occur singly or as one of a group. DERIVATIVES car pel lar y |-ˌlerē |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French carpelle or modern Latin carpellum, from Greek karpos fruit.

 

Oxford Dictionary

carpel

carpel |ˈkɑːp (ə )l | noun Botany the female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an ovary, a stigma, and usually a style. It may occur singly or as one of a group. DERIVATIVES carpellary adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French carpelle or modern Latin carpellum, from Greek karpos fruit .

 

Spanish Dictionary

carpelar

carpelar adjetivo bot Del carpelo o relacionado con este órgano de reproducción femenino :hoja carpelar .

 

carpelo

carpelo nombre masculino bot Órgano de reproducción femenino de origen foliar que contiene uno o varios óvulos :las flores pueden tener uno o varios carpelos .