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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the structural units of a pistil, representing a modified, ovule-bearing leaf.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a simple pistil, or one of the several members composing a compound pistil or fruit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 ofcarpaphore .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an
ovary , astyle , and astigma , although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls ) that have evolved to enclose theovules . The termpistil is sometimes used to refer to a single carpel or to several carpels fused together.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The AirMouse is composed of a lightweight durable fabric that seamlessly aligns itself with the ligaments of your hand and wrist and assists them into a neutral posture during use preventing you from developing computer-related repetitive stress injuries such as carpel tunnel syndrome normally associated with other computer mouse use.
MAKE Magazine 2010
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The AirMouse is composed of a lightweight durable fabric that seamlessly aligns itself with the ligaments of your hand and wrist and assists them into a neutral posture during use preventing you from developing computer-related repetitive stress injuries such as carpel tunnel syndrome normally associated with other computer mouse use.
MAKE Magazine 2010
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Thanks for telling me, Terri, since "carpel" means "One of the structural units of a pistil, representing a modified ovule-bearing leaf."
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Mr. Brown says he has developed carpel tunnel syndrome in his hands from operating gasoline-powered weed trimmers.
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reesetee commented on the word carpel
From Amer. Heritage: 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.
August 2, 2007