Carpal or carpal means having to do with the carpus--the wrist bone or wrist bones--
He had to quit his job when he developed carpal tunnel syndrome.
The carpal bones may be injured by stressful repetitive motion.
Carpel or carpel ( rhymes with carpal ) means a type of pistil, or seed-bearing flower part--
You can see that this is actually a carpel, and not a leaf, because it bears the seeds of the flower.
The stigma, style, and ovary make up the carpel.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"His drawing of a flower's carpel looks more like the carpal bones of a person."
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