- carpel (n.)
[carpel 词源字典]
- 1835, from Modern Latin carpellum (1817 in French), a diminutive form from Greek karpos "fruit" (also "returns, profit"), literally "that which is plucked," from PIE root *kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest" (see harvest (n.)).[carpel etymology, carpel origin, 英语词源]