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  • noun (Bot.) A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of gymnospermous.]

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  • noun botany A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek fruit + leaf.

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