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carpel

/ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
carpel
IPA
/ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

carpels (plural)

Derived Forms

acarpellous carpellary carpellate paracarpel

Frequently Paired Words

gynoecium

Synonyms

carpophyll

Homonyms

carpal

Rhymes With

carpal metacarpal

Questions

How do you pronounce carpel?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/.
What does carpel mean?
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.
Where does carpel come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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