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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carpel \Car"pel\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]l), ||Carpellum \Car*pel"lum\ (-p[e^]l"l[u^]m), noun [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo's fruit.] (Bot.) 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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
carpel
noun: a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
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