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Syncategorematic :: Syncarpous (a.) Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.

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..

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

Torus :: Torus (n.) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand..

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.

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

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

Acarpellous :: Acarpellous (a.) Having no carpels.

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..

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

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

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

Tricoccous :: Tricoccous (a.) Having three cocci, or roundish carpels..

Aggregate :: Aggregate (a.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry..

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..

Capsule :: Capsule (n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc..

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

Mericarp :: Mericarp (n.) One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.

Apocarpous :: Apocarpous (a.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous..

Pistil :: Pistil (n.) The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary..

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