carpel |
carpellary |
As a noun 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.
As an adjective carpellary is
(botany) of or pertaining to carpels.
carpel |
gonophore |
As nouns the difference between carpel and gonophore
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
gonophore is (botany) an elongated receptacle above the corolla to elevate the stamens and carpels.
carpel |
marginicidal |
As a noun 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.
As an adjective marginicidal is
dehiscent by the separation of united carpels.
carpel |
pome |
As nouns the difference between carpel and pome
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
pome is a type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
As a verb pome is
(obsolete|intransitive) to grow to a head, or form a head in growing.
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