As nouns the difference between carpel and capel
is that carpel is one of 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. The term pistil is sometimes used to refer to a single carpel or to several carpels fused together while capel is a horse.
carpel
Noun
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en noun)
One of 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. The term pistil is sometimes used to refer to a single carpel or to several carpels fused together.
References
* "carpel." The American Heritage® Science Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Company. 23 Feb. 2007. .
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capel
English
Alternative forms
* caple
Etymology 1
From Latin caballus, via Icelandic.
Noun
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en noun)
a horse
- (Chaucer)
- (Holland)
Etymology 2
Noun
(-)
(mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
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