carpel

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   A constituent part of a flower pistil: the 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. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.

   花雌蕊的组成部分,由子房、花柱和柱头构成(有些无花柱),源于包被胚珠的大孢子叶；雌蕊为一个或多个心皮合生

心皮；[医] 心皮(植物)

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