carpellate

[kahr-puh-leyt]

adjective Botany.

having carpels.

Origin of carpellate

< New Latin carpellatus. See carpel, -ate¹

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carpellate

[kär′pə-lāt′, -lĭt]

Having carpels but no stamens. Female flowers are carpellate.

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