As nouns the difference between carpel and carvel
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 carvel is (nautical) a small lateen-rigged mediterranean vessel with two masts, used to carry cargo.
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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carvel
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(nautical) a small lateen-rigged Mediterranean vessel with two masts, used to carry cargo
the sea blubber
Synonyms
* (lateen-rigged vessel) caravel
Derived terms
* carvel-built
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