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Webster 1913 Edition
Carpellum
{
Car′pel
(kär′pĕl)
, ‖Car-pel′lum
(-pĕl′lŭm)
, } Noun.
[NL.
carpellum
, fr. Gr. καρπόσ
fruit.] (Bot.)
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
.