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.
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Sepal
//ˈsɛp(ə)l//
Synonyms for "sepal" (12 found)
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30 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- سَبَلَة noun (part of calyx)
- كَأْسِيَّة noun (part of calyx)
Bulgarian
1 entries- чашели́стче noun (part of calyx)
Catalan
1 entries- sèpal noun (part of calyx)
Dutch
3 entries- kelkblad noun (part of calyx)
- sepaal noun (part of calyx)
- sepalum noun (part of calyx)
Esperanto
1 entries- sepalo noun (part of calyx)
Finnish
1 entries- verholehti noun (part of calyx)
French
1 entries- sépale noun (part of calyx)
German
2 entries- Kelchblatt noun (part of calyx)
- Sepalum noun (part of calyx)
Greek
1 entries- σέπαλο noun (part of calyx)
Hungarian
1 entries- csészelevél noun (part of calyx)
Icelandic
1 entries- bikarblað noun (part of calyx)
Ido
1 entries- sepalo noun (part of calyx)
Italian
1 entries- sepalo noun (part of calyx)
Japanese
1 entries- 萼片 noun (part of calyx)
Māori
1 entries- raukōpaki noun (part of calyx)
Polish
1 entries- działka kielicha noun (part of calyx)
Portuguese
1 entries- sépala noun (part of calyx)
Romanian
1 entries- sepală noun (part of calyx)
Russian
1 entries- чашели́стик noun (part of calyx)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- پەپریک noun (part of calyx)
Spanish
1 entries- sépalo noun (part of calyx)
Swedish
2 entries- blomblad noun (part of calyx)
- foderblad noun (part of calyx)
Tagalog
1 entries- tampok noun (part of calyx)
Turkish
1 entries- çanak yaprak noun (part of calyx)
Ukrainian
1 entries- чашолисто́к noun (part of calyx)
Sample sentences
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The sepal and the petal are essentially leaf-like in form and anatomy but generally simpler in detailed structure than a foliage leaf.
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In tomato, for example, the first sepal primordium is formed as an outgrowth at the periphery of the apex and the subsequent sepal primordia are initiated in a helical fashion at an angle of approximately 137° from the previous one.
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