Having or composed of two carpels, which are the female reproductive parts of a flower.
From di- (two) + carpel (from Greek karpos, fruit) + -ary (relating to). Botanical term combining Greek roots with Latin suffixes, developed in the 1800s to describe flower structure.
When botanists look at a flower, knowing if it has one, two, or many carpels tells them which plant family it belongs to—it's like reading nature's genetic fingerprint!
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