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Carpels vs Pistil - What's the difference?

carpels | pistil |

As nouns the difference between carpels and pistil

is that carpels is while pistil is (botany) a discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.

carpels

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

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    pistil

    English

    (wikipedia pistil)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.
  • * Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.

    • See also

    * stamen ----