1. of, relating to, or consisting of a carpel or carpels (the female reproductive parts of a flower)
Usage: botanical term; technical

Examples

• The carpellary tissue of the flower contains the ovules.
• Botanists examined the carpellary structures under a microscope.
• The carpellary whorl is the innermost part of the flower.
• Carpellary development varies significantly among different plant species.
• The carpellary leaves fused together to form the pistil.