2) -carpous. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. ...A specified number or kind of carpel or fruit: apocarpous. From New Latin -carpus, from Greek karpos, fruit. See kerp- in Appendix I....
3) monocarpellary. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. ...Consisting of only one carpel....
4) flower. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Like twigs, flowers develop from buds, and the basic floral parts (sepal, petal, stamen, and carpel) are in actual fact greatly modified leaves. A typical flower...
5) fruit. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...pistils or a compound pistil made up of two or more fused simple pistils (each called a carpel); different arrangements give rise to different types of fruit. A new...