carpel

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil

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”).

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