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Carpel vs Mericarp - What's the difference?

carpel | mericarp |

As nouns the difference between carpel and mericarp

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 mericarp is (botany) an individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed.

carpel

English

(wikipedia carpel)

Noun

(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. .

    Anagrams

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    mericarp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) An individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed