carpellary, a. Bot.
(ˈkɑːpələrɪ)
[f. carpel; see -ary, and cf. F. carpellaire.]
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a carpel.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 216 The two carpellary leaves of which the fruit is formed. 1835 ― Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 372 The carpellary theory of structure. |