(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.

plural of carpel

(botany) Having functional carpels (and lacking stamens).

(botany) Of or pertaining to carpels

Synonym of carpel

Relating to or exhibiting carpellody.

A plant disorder, resulting in misshapen fruits, caused by abnormal development of the ovule-bearing part of the flower in angiosperms.

(botany) Resembling a carpel.

(botany) Alternative form of carpeloid