1. Having a carpel or carpels; possessing the female reproductive organ of a flower.
Usage: botanical term; often used in comparative contexts (e.g., 'carpellate flowers' vs. 'staminate flowers')

Examples

• The carpellate flowers in this species develop into fruit after pollination.
• Botanists distinguish between carpellate and staminate structures in dioecious plants.
• This carpellate variety produces seeds more reliably than its male counterpart.
• The carpellate organs are located at the center of the flower.
• Some plants produce both carpellate and staminate flowers on the same individual.