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Carpel

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Noun

1. carpel

a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil

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Carpel

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noun
the female reproductive organ of flowering plants, consisting of an ovary, style (sometimes absent), and stigma. The carpels are separate or fused to form a single pistil

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Carpel

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noun
1. 
a simple pistil, regarded as a single ovule-bearing leaf or modified leaflike structure
2. 
any of the segments of a compound pistil, usually having a single stigma

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Carpel

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n.
One of the structural units of a pistil, representing a modified, ovule-bearing leaf.

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