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carpel

noun

car·​pel ˈkär-pəl How to pronounce carpel (audio)
: one of the ovule-bearing structures in an angiosperm that comprises the innermost whorl of a flower compare pistil
carpellary adjective
carpellate adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Their seeds form in the carpel, a tubular structure that sticks up from the center of a flower and matures into a pod that holds seeds—peas or beans, for example—inside. Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021 When petals are gone, structural carpels, the center seed-bearing structure, are shown off. Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2020 Fun facts: The fruits (schizocarps) of Falkia repens are dry dehiscent fruit that split into two or more separate carpels at maturity. Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018

Word History

Etymology

New Latin carpellum, from Greek karpos fruit

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of carpel was in 1835

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