Word: carpels
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: car
pels
Definition: Plural of carpel; a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
Morphemes:
Affix: carpel
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One of the individual 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. The term pistil is sometimes used to refer to a single carpel or to several carpels fused together
Etymology Compounds: Affix: carpelle
Language: fr
Decoded: carpelle
PoS: Noun
Meaning: carpel
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).