A female reproductive unit of a flower, comprising a stigma, a style and an ovary. A flower may have several carpels, including fused ones.[ref]
The connection between the stigma and ovary through which a pollen tube can grow.
The carpel region enclosing one or more ovules.
The structure containing the angiosperm female gametophyte; a fertilized ovule can develop into a seed.
The gametophyte inside an angiosperm's ovule, containing an ovum and, in the common arrangement, a central biological cell with two polar cell nuclei.[ref]

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