# Carpel

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/carpel
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a unit of the [gynoecium](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/gynoecium "the carpels of one flower collectively.") in which one or more ovules are enclosed. It is usually divided into [stigma](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/stigma "that part of the style adapted for the reception and germination of pollen grains."), [style](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/style "that part of the pistil situated above the ovary and bearing the stigma."), and [ovary](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ovary "the basal portion of a carpel or group of fused carpels in which one or more ovules are enclosed, and which after fertilization develops into the fruit.").

## Related terms

- [Article](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/article)
- [Carpellodes](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/carpellodes)
- [Gynoecium](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/gynoecium)
- [Lomentum](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/lomentum)
- [Mericarp](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/mericarp)
- [Pistil](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/pistil)
- [Suture](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/suture)
- [Syncarpous](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/syncarpous)