carpel

1835, borrowed from French carpelle, from New Latin carpellum, a diminutive of Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (kărpós, “fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to pluck, harvest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəl
• Homophone: carpal

carpel (plural carpels)

1. (botany) A constituent part of a flower pistil: the 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. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.

• carpophyll

• gynoecium

• "carpel." The American Heritage® Science Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Company. 23 Feb. 2007. [1].

• Placer, craple, parcel, placer

From carpe +‎ -el.

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈpɛl/

carpel oblique singular, m (oblique plural carpiaus, nominative singular carpiaus, nominative plural carpel)

1. young carp (fish)

• French: carpeau