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adj
Having functional carpels (and lacking stamens).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
bearing or consisting of carpels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pistillate
Antonyms: acarpelous
History
Etymology tree English carpel Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English carpellate From carpel + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Across languages
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