Definition of Carpil

Definition of Carpil

{ Car"pel (kär"p&ebreve;l), ||Car*pel"lum (-p&ebreve;l"lŭm), } n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

The female reproductive organ of a flower; the basic unit of the gynoecium.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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