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ˈkɑr pəlcarpel

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. carpelnoun

    a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil

Wiktionary

  1. carpelnoun

    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.

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  1. carpel

    A carpel is the female reproductive organ of a flower, often present in multiples and arranged in a ring at the center of the flower. It typically consists of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, which are responsible for producing and housing seeds and facilitating pollination.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Carpelnoun

    alt. of Carpellum

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Carpel

    kär′pel, n. a modified leaf forming the whole or part of the pistil of a flower.—adj. Car′pellary. [Gr. karpos, fruit.]

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  1. parcel

  2. placer

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Carpel in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Carpel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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