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The female part of a flowering plant, consisting of the ovaries, ovules, a stalk-like tube called the style, and its sticky surface called the stigma.
The female part of a flowering plant, consisting of the ovaries, ovules, a stalk-like tube called the style, and its sticky surface called the stigma. Carpels are found at the centre of the flowering part of a plant. They vary considerably in form, from a single carpel, for example in avocado, to multiple unfused carpels, such as strawberries, to multiple fused carpels, like the tulip.
Carpels are found at the centre of the flowering part of a plant. They vary considerably in form, from a single carpel, for example in avocado, to multiple unfused carpels, such as strawberries, to multiple fused carpels, like the tulip.