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carpel

/ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/

carpel noun: a constituent part of a flower pistil: the 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.

Noun

carpel (plural carpels)

  1. A constituent part of a flower pistil: the 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

carpel meaning in Tamil and Telugu

carpel in Tamil

சூலக இலை, சூல்வித்திலை, மலரின் கருவறை, ஊறுண்ணி, சூல்

carpel in Telugu

carpel
ఫలదళము phaladaḷamu

Synonyms of carpel

Forms of carpel

pluralcarpels

Origin of carpel

1835, borrowed from French carpelle, from New Latin carpellum, a diminutive of Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (kărpós, “fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to pluck, harvest”).

Words formed from carpel

Words that rhyme with carpel

Questions about carpel

What does carpel mean?
Carpel means a constituent part of a flower pistil: the 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.
What is carpel in Tamil?
Carpel in Tamil is சூலக இலை, சூல்வித்திலை, மலரின் கருவறை. See Carpel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carpel?
Carpel is a noun.
How do you pronounce carpel?
Carpel is pronounced /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/.
What is the plural of carpel?
The plural of carpel is carpels.

Words near carpel in the dictionary

  1. carpectomies
  2. carpectomy
  3. carped
  4. carped the diem
  5. carpeing the diem
  6. carpel
  7. carpella
  8. carpellary
  9. carpellate
  10. carpellodic
  11. carpellody

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carpel (page history and authors); carpel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఫలదళము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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