Carpel

Related Terms:

tricarpellate tetracoccous schizocarp polycarpellary intercarpellary subapocarpous carpellary mericarp tetracarpellary dicoccous multiple fruit aggregate fruit bicarpellate tetracarpellate style pentacoccous carpellum urceole carpeloid marginicidal aggregate silique stigma megasporophyll incomplete flower plume nutmeg pome septicidal ovary apocarpous cremocarp carpels monocarpellate polycarpic coccus stylulus gonophore acarpellous unicarpellate ovule syncarpous pistil carpophyll dicarpous perfect carpellate monocarpellary tricarpous

Definitions:

Noun

carpel

Definition: a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil

Definition: 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