Carpel

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pÉ™l

Origin

From French carpelle.

Full definition of carpel

Noun

1. 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.

Anagrams

• parcel, placer