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Gamosepalous :: Gamosepalous (a.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.

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

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

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

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

Episepalous :: Episepalous (a.) Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.

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

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

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

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.

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

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..

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

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

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

Lamina :: Lamina (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower..

Sepalous :: Sepalous (a.) Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal..

Pentamerous :: Pentamerous (a.) Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils..

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