Definition of Carpellary

1. Adjective. Belonging to or forming or containing carpels.

Partainyms: Carpel
Derivative terms: Carpel

Definition of Carpellary

1. a. Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.

Definition of Carpellary

1. Adjective. (botany) Of or pertaining to carpels ¹

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Definition of Carpellary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpellary

carpal tunnel syndrome
carpal tunnels
carpale
carpales
carpalia
carpals
carpamidase
carpark
carparks
carpathite
carpe diem
carpe diem cras
carpectomy
carped
carpel
carpellary (current term)
carpellate
carpels
carpenter
carpenter's hammer
carpenter's kit
carpenter's level
carpenter's mallet
carpenter's plane
carpenter's rule
carpenter's saw
carpenter's square
carpenter's squares
carpenter ant
carpenter ants

Literary usage of Carpellary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1854)
"The placentae are developed at each of the two edges of the carpellary leaf. If these edges be in their normal conditions, that is, united, there will be ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"Parietal placentae are formed where the edges of carpellary leaves unite ; but great difficulty has been experienced by vegetable physiologists in ..."

3. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1845)
"... are developed at each of the two edges of the carpellary leaf. If these edges be in their normal conditions, that is, united, there will be apparently ..."

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