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carpellate

American  
[kahr-puh-layt] / ˈkɑr pəˌleɪt /

adjective

Botany.
  1. having carpels.


carpellate Scientific  
/ kär′pə-lāt′,-lĭt /
  1. Having carpels but no stamens. Female flowers are carpellate.


Etymology

Origin of carpellate

< New Latin carpellatus. See carpel, -ate 1

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In the mature ear, the kernels form where the carpellate flowers were located.

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