"carpel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/ Forms: carpels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəl Etymology: 1835, borrowed from French carpelle, from New Latin carpellum, a diminutive of Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (karpós, “fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to pluck, harvest”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|borrowed}} borrowed, {{bor|en|fr|carpelle|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French carpelle, {{bor+|en|fr|carpelle|nocap=1}} borrowed from French carpelle, {{der|en|NL.|carpellum}} New Latin carpellum, {{der|en|grc|κᾰρπός|t=fruit}} Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (karpós, “fruit”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kerp-|t=to pluck, harvest}} Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to pluck, harvest”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} carpel (plural carpels)
  1. (botany) 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. Wikipedia link: carpel Categories (topical): Botany Synonyms: carpophyll Translations (structural unit of a pistil): carpel [masculine] (Catalan), 心皮 (xīnpí) (Chinese Mandarin), pestík [masculine] (Czech), vruchtblad [neuter] (Dutch), emilehti (Finnish), carpelle [masculine] (French), καρπόφυλλο (karpófyllo) [neuter] (Greek), termőlevél [singular] (Hungarian), carpello [masculine] (Italian), 心皮 (shinpi) (alt: しんぴ) (Japanese), оплодно ливче (oplodno livče) [neuter] (Macedonian), słupek [masculine] (Polish), carpelo [masculine] (Portuguese), carpelă [feminine] (Romanian), плодоли́стик (plodolístik) [masculine] (Russian), carpelo [masculine] (Spanish)

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