carpel

Etymology
1835,, from , a diminutive of , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A constituent part of a flower pistil - 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.  A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.

Synonyms

 * carpophyll

Translations

 * Catalan: carpel
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 * Dutch: vruchtblad
 * Finnish: emilehti
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 * Macedonian: оплодно ливче
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Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) young carp (fish)