Explain the difference between a carpel and a pistil?
Answer Posted / anitha
The carpels - collectively the gynoecium - are ovule
producing megasporophylls that are folded lengthwise,
enclosing one or more ovules.
The pistil is a carpel or a whorl of fused carpels
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