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Carpellum :: Carpellum (n.) 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..

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

Commissure :: Commissure (n.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc..

Sorema :: Sorema (n.) A heap of carpels belonging to one flower.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Pentacoccous :: Pentacoccous (a.) Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits..

Ventral :: Ventral (a.) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower..

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

Tetracarpel :: Tetracarpel (a.) Composed of four carpels.

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

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..

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

Quince :: Quince (n.) The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves..

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.

Tetracoccous :: Tetracoccous (a.) Having four cocci, or carpels..

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