Bot. [a. Gr. καμάρα (see CAMERA); cf. F. camare (in sense a).]
a. A membranous fruit composed of two united valves and enclosing one or many seeds attached to the internal angle (Littré, and Syd. Soc. Lex.). b. One of the cells of a fruit. c. A carpel (Treas. Bot., 1866).
1880. Gray, Bot. Text-bk., 400. Camara and its diminutive Camerula (chamber) are sometimes used for the cells of a fruit.