Word: carpellate
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: car
pel
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Definition: Having functional carpels; 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: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic