"Carpellum" is a word in ENGLISH
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.
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Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.
Read the complete definitionThe pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.
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Read the complete definitionThat part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. …
Read the complete definitionThe seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, …
Read the complete definitionThe elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
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