- carpellate
- carpellate carpellate adj. (Botany)
bearing or consisting of carpels. Opposite of {acarpelous}.
Syn: pistillate. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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carpellate — adjective see carpel … New Collegiate Dictionary
carpellate — /kahr peuh layt /, adj. Bot. having carpels. [ < NL carpellatus. See CARPEL, ATE1] * * * … Universalium
carpellate — adjective Having carpels … Wiktionary
carpellate — car·pel·late … English syllables
carpellate — /ˈkapəleɪt/ (say kahpuhlayt) adjective (of a flower) having carpels (opposed to staminate) …
carpellate — adjective bearing or consisting of carpels • Syn: ↑pistillate • Ant: ↑acarpelous • Topics: ↑botany, ↑phytology * * * pəˌlāt, ¶lə̇t adjective … Useful english dictionary
Alismatales — ▪ plant order Introduction arrowhead and pondweed order of flowering plants, belonging to the monocotyledon (monocot) group, whose species have a single seed leaf. Most of the some 4,500 species are aquatic and grow submersed or partially… … Universalium
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
Acarpellous — Ac ar*pel lous, acarpelous ac ar*pel ous, a. [Pref. a not + carpel.] (Bot.) Having no carpels. Opposite of {carpellate}. Syn: acarpe [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acarpelous — Acarpellous Ac ar*pel lous, acarpelous ac ar*pel ous, a. [Pref. a not + carpel.] (Bot.) Having no carpels. Opposite of {carpellate}. Syn: acarpe [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
