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carpel

car.pel \'ka:r-p*l\ \-p*-.ler-e-\ \-.la-t, -l*t\ n [NL carpellum, fr. Gk 
   karpos fruit] : one of the structures in a seed plant comprising the 
   innermost whorl of  a flower, functioning as megasporophylls, and 
   collectively constituting the gynoecium - car.pel.lary aj