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Polysepalous :: Polysepalous (a.) Having the sepals separate from each other.

Grain :: Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4..

Triseralous :: Triseralous (a.) Having three sepals, or calyx leaves..

Sepaled :: Sepaled (a.) Having one or more sepals.

Oligosepalous :: Oligosepalous (a.) Having few sepals.

Syntactic :: Synsepalous (a.) Having united sepals; gamosepalous.

Limb :: Limb (n.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade..

Orchidaceous :: Orchidaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred spec

Valvate :: Valvate (a.) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation..

Disepalous :: Disepalous (a.) Having two sepals; two-sepaled.

Grained :: Grained (a.) Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers..

Tetrasepalous :: Tetrasepalous (a.) Having four sepals.

Oppositisepalous :: Oppositisepalous (a.) Placed in front of a sepal.

Sepaloid :: Sepaloid (a.) Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx..

Phyllous :: Phyllous (a.) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs..

Monomerous :: Monomerous (a.) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil..

Induplicative :: Induplicative (a.) Having induplicate sepals or petals in aestivation.

Epigynous :: Epigynous (a.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk..

Monosepalous :: Monosepalous (a.) Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous..

Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon..

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