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Carpel :: Carpel (n.) Alt. of Carpellu.

Carpophyll :: Carpophyll (n.) A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous..

Prunus :: Prunus (n.) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening..

Polycarpellary :: Polycarpellary (a.) Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange.

Tetracarpel :: Tetracarpel (a.) Composed of four carpels.

Coelospermous :: Coelospermous (a.) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed..

Marginicidal :: Marginicidal (a.) Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.

Pentacoccous :: Pentacoccous (a.) Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits..

Septicidal :: Septicidal (a.) Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

Orange :: Orange (n.) The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe..

Columella :: Columella (n.) An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens..

Pome :: Pome (n.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear..

Coccus :: Coccus (n.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.

Monocarpellary :: Monocarpellary (a.) Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond..

Carpellary :: Carpellary (a.) Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels..

Carpellum :: Carpellum (n.) 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..

Sorema :: Sorema (n.) A heap of carpels belonging to one flower.

Tetracoccous :: Tetracoccous (a.) Having four cocci, or carpels..

Commissure :: Commissure (n.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc..

Gonophore :: Gonophore (n.) A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner..

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