Carpel 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Catacorolla 



CARTEL, a simple pistil or one 

 of the elements (modified 

 leaves) of a compound pistil. 



CAR'FELLARY, pertaining to a 

 carpel. 



CARPEL'LtfM (pi. Carpel'la), see 

 Carpel. 



CAR'PlD, a ripe carpel, especially 

 if separable. 



CARPID'IUM, a carpid or carpel. 



CARPOGEN'lC, fruit-producing. 

 In Floridese applied to the 

 special cell (or cells) of the pro- 

 carpium which develops into 

 the carpogonium. 



CAR'P0G6n, see Carpogonium. 



CARPOGO'NlUM, the female or- 

 gan, usually- multicellular, of 

 Carposporese before fertiliza- 

 tion. Compare Oogonium. 



CAR'POLlTE, a petrified fruit; 

 lithocarp; carpolith. 



CARP6l/6GY, the part of botany 

 which relates to the structure 

 of fruits. Compare Pomolo- 

 gy. 



CAR'POPHORE, the stalk of a 

 sporocarp; a stalk elevating 

 the gynecium above the rest of 

 the Bower (gynophore); a pro- 

 longation of the axis between 

 the carpels, as in Umbellifera?. 



CAR'POPHYLL, see Carpel. 



CARPOPHYL'LUM (pl.CarpophyT- 

 la), see Carpel. 



CAR'POSPORE, a spore produced 

 in a sporocarp. De Bary ex- 

 tends the term to all those pro- 

 duced on a sporophyte, thus 

 including the spores of ferns. 

 This makes it equivalent to 

 the term ' ' spore " as used by 

 Sachs. 



CAR'POSTOME, the opening in a 

 sporocarp through which the 

 spores are discharged. 



CARTlLA6'lN0u-S, firm and 

 tough like cartilage. 



CAR'UNCLE, a partial aril grow- 

 ing from the hilum, as in Po- 

 ly gala; strophiole. 



cARtJN'CtJLA, see Caruncle. 



CARUN'CUlAR, see Caruncu- 



LATE. 



CARtJN'CULATE, having a car- 

 uncle or the form of a carun- 

 cle; caruncular; carunculous; 

 carunculated. 



CARtJN'CULATED, see Caruncu- 



LATE. 



CARtJN'CtJLOtJS (rare), see Ca- 



RUNCULATE. 



CARYOgJNE'SiS, see Karyoki- 



NESIS. 



CARYOPHYLLA'CEOTJS, pink- 

 like; especially having five 

 petals with long claws, as in 

 the pink family (Caryophylla- 

 ceae). 



CARYOPH'YLLOTJS, see Cary- 



OPHYLLACEOUS. 



CARYdP'SIS, a dry one-seeded 

 indehiscent fruit, with the per- 

 icarp thin and adherent to the 

 seed, as in wheat and most 

 other Gramiueoe; cariopsis. 



CASQUE, see Galea. 



CASSID'EOUS, a term applied to 

 an irregular corolla having the 

 upper petal broad and helmet- 

 shaped as in Aconitum. 



CASTA'NEOTJS, chestnut-colored. 



CAS'TRATE (adj.), said of a sta- 

 men which contains no anther, 

 or no good pollen. 



CAS'TRATE (v.), to remove the 

 anthers. 



CAtABOL'Ic, see Katabolic. 



CAtAClE'§Iu"M, a term some- 

 times applied to an achenium 

 like Mirabilis, being a one- 

 celled, one-seeded fruit within 

 a hardened calyx. 



CAtACOROL'lA, a secondary co- 

 rolla sometimes found inside 

 or outside the true corolla. 



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