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Sepal

//ˈsɛp(ə)l// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.

    "1836, The Family Magazine, Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume III, Redfield & Lindsay, page 367, When the sepals are distinct, or separate from each other, the calyx is said to be polysepalous."

  2. 2
    one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower wordnet

Etymology

From French sépale, from New Latin sepalum.

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