Definition of Carpel. Meaning of Carpel. Synonyms of Carpel

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Definition of Carpel

Carpel
Carpel Car"pel (k[aum]r"p[e^]l), Carpellum Car*pel"lum (-p[e^]l"l[u^]m), n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (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.

Meaning of Carpel from wikipedia

- the gynoecium including the pistil, carpels, ovary, and ovules; the carpel margin meristem (arising from the carpel primordium) produces the ovules, ovary...
- Botanically, a fruit is derived from a carpel; apples normally have five carpels, while a pea pod is a single carpel. The flesh of the apple is derived from...
- In the human body, the carpal tunnel or carpal canal is a flattened body cavity on the flexor (palmar/volar) side of the wrist, bounded by the carpal bones...
- stigma (pl.: stigmas or stigmata) is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower. The stigma, together with...
- made up of one carpel or of several fused carpels (e.g. dicarpel or tricarpel), and therefore the ovary can contain part of one carpel or parts of several...
- Surgery. 33 (8): 1309–1313. doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.04.012. PMID 18929193. "Carpel Tunnel Syndrome in Acromegaly". Treatmentandsymptoms.com. Archived from...
- separate, unfused, carpels); they are the simple fruits. Syncarpous fruits develop from a single gynoecium (having two or more carpels fused together)....
- (multicarpellary) ovary. A capsule is a structure composed of two or more carpels. In (flowering plants), the term locule (or cell) is used to refer to a...
- pollinators. The gynoecium, or the carpels, is the female part of the flower found on the innermost whorl. Each carpel consists of a stigma, which receives...
- egg cell. They are contained in the ovule and enclosed in the carpel; one or more carpels form the pistil. The flower may consist only of these parts,...