sepal

[ see-puhl ]

/ ˈsi pəl /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR sepal ON THESAURUS.COM

noun Botany.

one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.

Origin of sepal

<New Latin sepalum (1790), irregular coinage based on Greek sképē covering and Latin petalumpetal

OTHER WORDS FROM sepal

sepaled, sepalled, adjective

Words nearby sepal

SEO, Seo de Urgel, Seoul, SEP, SEPA, sepal, sepaloid, -sepalous, separable, separate, separate but equal

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Example sentences from the Web for sepal

Large, very broad of sepal and petal, pale yellow, blotched and spotted with brown.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle
The colour of sepal and petal pink, the throat yellow, the spreading disc magenta-crimson.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle
It is thus used of the edge of the disk of the sun or moon, of the expanded part of a petal or sepal in botany, &c.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6|Various
In one flower of the last-named species the perianth consisted of one sepal only, and one lip-like petal placed opposite to it.
Vegetable Teratology|Maxwell T. Masters

Harrisoniae in colour and size of sepal and petal; in general shape and in the hues of the labellum after L. purpurata.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle

British Dictionary definitions for sepal

sepal

/ (ˈsɛpəl) /

noun

any of the separate parts of the calyx of a flower

Derived forms of sepal

sepalled or sepalous (ˈsɛpələs), adjective

Word Origin for sepal

C19: from New Latin sepalum: sep-, from Greek skepē a covering + -alum, from New Latin petalum petal

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for sepal

sepal

[ sē′pəl ]

One of the usually separate, green parts that surround and protect the flower bud and extend from the base of a flower after it has opened. Sepals tend to occur in the same number as the petals and to be centered over the petal divisions. In some species sepals are colored like petals, and they can even be indistinguishable from petals, as in the lilies (in what are called tepals). In some groups, such as the poppies, the sepals fall off after the flower bud opens. See more at flower.

单词	sepal
释义	sepal [ see-puhl ] / ˈsi pəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sepal ON THESAURUS.COM noun Botany. one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower. Origin of sepal <New Latin sepalum (1790), irregular coinage based on Greek sképē covering and Latin petalumpetal OTHER WORDS FROM sepal sepaled, sepalled, adjective Words nearby sepal SEO, Seo de Urgel, Seoul, SEP, SEPA, sepal, sepaloid, -sepalous, separable, separate, separate but equal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sepal Large, very broad of sepal and petal, pale yellow, blotched and spotted with brown. The Woodlands Orchids\|Frederick Boyle The colour of sepal and petal pink, the throat yellow, the spreading disc magenta-crimson. The Woodlands Orchids\|Frederick Boyle It is thus used of the edge of the disk of the sun or moon, of the expanded part of a petal or sepal in botany, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6\|Various In one flower of the last-named species the perianth consisted of one sepal only, and one lip-like petal placed opposite to it. Vegetable Teratology\|Maxwell T. Masters Harrisoniae in colour and size of sepal and petal; in general shape and in the hues of the labellum after L. purpurata. The Woodlands Orchids\|Frederick Boyle British Dictionary definitions for sepal sepal / (ˈsɛpəl) / noun any of the separate parts of the calyx of a flower Derived forms of sepal sepalled or sepalous (ˈsɛpələs), adjective Word Origin for sepal C19: from New Latin sepalum: sep-, from Greek skepē a covering + -alum, from New Latin petalum petal Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sepal husk, leaf, petal Scientific definitions for sepal sepal [ sē′pəl ] One of the usually separate, green parts that surround and protect the flower bud and extend from the base of a flower after it has opened. Sepals tend to occur in the same number as the petals and to be centered over the petal divisions. In some species sepals are colored like petals, and they can even be indistinguishable from petals, as in the lilies (in what are called tepals). In some groups, such as the poppies, the sepals fall off after the flower bud opens. See more at flower. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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sepal

noun Botany.

Origin of sepal

OTHER WORDS FROM sepal

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British Dictionary definitions for sepal

noun

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Scientific definitions for sepal