English

Noun

carpel ‎(plural carpels)

1. (botany) 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.

Translations

References

• "carpel." The American Heritage® Science Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Company. 23 Feb. 2007. .

Anagrams

• parcel, placer

Old French

Etymology

From carpe +‎ -el.

Noun

carpel m ‎(oblique plural carpiaus, nominative singular carpiaus, nominative plural carpel)

1. young carp (fish)

Descendants

• French: carpeau