Definition of sepal

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Sepal (n.) A leaf or division of the calyx.

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Sepaline :: Sepaline (a.) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals..
Phyllous :: Phyllous (a.) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs..
Oppositisepalous :: Oppositisepalous (a.) Placed in front of a sepal.
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon..
Episepalous :: Episepalous (a.) Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.
Tetrasepalous :: Tetrasepalous (a.) Having four sepals.
Polysepalous :: Polysepalous (a.) Having the sepals separate from each other.
Hypogynous :: Hypogynous (a.) Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant..
Limb :: Limb (n.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade..
Gamosepalous :: Gamosepalous (a.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.
Sepalody :: Sepalody (n.) The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.
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..
Syntactic :: Synsepalous (a.) Having united sepals; gamosepalous.
Monosepalous :: Monosepalous (a.) Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous..
Oligosepalous :: Oligosepalous (a.) Having few sepals.
Sepaloid :: Sepaloid (a.) Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx..
Antisepalous :: Antisepalous (a.) Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf..
Fuchsia :: Fuchsia (n.) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation..
Sepalous :: Sepalous (a.) Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal..
Disepalous :: Disepalous (a.) Having two sepals; two-sepaled.
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