carpel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil

WordNet

Car"pel, Car*pel"lum noun (Also<
  • Carpel
  • Carpellum
)
Etymology
NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. fruit.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913