English Dictionary: Carpel | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Carpel \Car"pel\ (k[aum]r"p[ecr]l), d8Carpellum \[d8]Car*pel"lum\ (-p[ecr]l"l[ucr]m), n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) 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}. |