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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carpel \Car"pel\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]l), Carpellum \Car*pel"lum\ (-p[e^]l"l[u^]m), 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: carpel n : a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
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