Look up: Carpel

1. carpel
   A unit of the pistil; it is evolutionarily a modified leaf.
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2. carpel
   [n] - a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
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3. Carpel
   A section of the female part of the flower. Carpels are believed to be evolved from an ovule bearing leaf. The carpels are connected by a style to the stigma. A detailed description is difficult, because carpels have evolved into numerous different forms. Some are fused together with a single stigm...
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4. Carpel
   [pronounce: car-pull] Female reproductive organ found in flowers,. Is made of stigma, style and ovary.
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5. Carpel
   The female reproductive organ of Flowering Plants.
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6. Carpel
   The unfertilised seed and its associated organs.
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7. Carpel
   A simple pistil or one of the modified leaflets forming a compound pistil.
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8. Carpel
   The wall of a simple pistil, or part of a wall of a compound pistil.
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9. Carpel
   Car'pel (kär'pĕl), Car*pel'lum (-pĕl'lŭm) noun [ New Latin carpellum , from Greek karpo`s fruit.] (Botany) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compo...
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10. carpel
    <plant biology> An organ (generally believed to be a modified foliar unit) at the centre of a flower, bearing one or more ovules and having its margins fused together or with other carpels to enclose the ovule in an ovary, and consisting also of a stigma and usually a style. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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11. carpel
    noun a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
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12. Carpel
    • (n.) Alt. of Carpellum
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13. carpel
    (from the article `seed and fruit`) ...flowers cooperate in producing one fruit (mulberry). Pea and bean plants, exemplifying the simplest situation, show in each flower a single ... ...relationships. There may be a single pistil, as in the lily, or several to many pistils, as in the buttercup. Each pistil is constructed of from ... ...
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14. Carpel
    Carpel is a botanical term referring to a simple pistil or a single member of a compound pistil.
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15. carpel
    Female reproductive unit in flowering plants (angiosperms). It usually comprises an ovary containing one or more ovules, the stalk or style, and a stigma at its top which receives the pollen. A flower may have one or more carpels, and they may be separate or fused together. Collectively the carpels o...
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16. Carpel
    A simple pistil or a single member of a compound pistil; regarded as a modified leaf.
    Found on http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/poison