Definition for CAR'PEL, or CAR-PEL'LUM

CAR'PEL, or CAR-PEL'LUM, n.

In botany, a small seed-vessel or pericarp, that is one of an aggregate, produced by a single flower. – De Cand. A carpel is formed by a folded leaf, the upper surface of which is turned inward, the lower outward, and the margins of which develop one or more buds, which are the ovula. – Lindley.

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