carped
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He cut a lemon open; the walls of its carpels had crumbled into a pulpy mush.
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2021
Their existence suggests not only where the second seed coat came from, but also how carpels came to be, as some of these cupules appear to have modified leaves that could have evolved into carpels.
From Science Magazine • May 26, 2021
Flowers are reproductive organs that have four specialized parts: sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
Although they vary greatly in appearance, all flowers contain the same structures: sepals, petals, carpels, and stamens.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Capsule 3-celled, 3-seeded, separating into 3 two-valved carpels.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
