SEPAL

sepal

(noun) one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sepal (plural sepals)

(botany) One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when the sepals in a plant's calyx are not fused into a single structure.

Anagrams

• ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Pales, Peals, Slape, e-pals, lapse, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pleas, salep, slape, spale

Source: Wiktionary


Se"pal, n. Etym: [NL. sepalum, formed in imitation of NL. petalum, petal, to denote one of the divisions of the calyx: cf. F. sépale.] (Bot.)

Definition: A leaf or division of the calyx.

Note: When the calyx consists of but one part, it is said to be monosepalous; when of two parts, it is said to be disepalous; when of a variable and indefinite number of parts, it is said to be polysepalous; when of several parts united, it is properly called gamosepalous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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