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se·pal

 (sē′pəl)
n.
One of the usually green leaflike structures composing the outermost part of a flower. Sepals often enclose and protect the bud and may remain after the fruit forms.
[New Latin sepalum, perhaps blend of Greek skepē, covering and Latin petalum, petal; see petal.]
sep′a·line (sĕp′ə-lĭn), sep′a·lous (-ləs) adj.
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sepal

(ˈsɛpəl)
n
(Botany) any of the separate parts of the calyx of a flower
[C19: from New Latin sepalum: sep-, from Greek skepē a covering + -alum, from New Latin petalum petal]
ˈsepalled, sepalous adj
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se•pal

(ˈsi pəl)

n.
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
[< New Latin sepalum (1790)]
se′paled, se′palled, adj.
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se·pal

(sē′pəl)
One of the separate, usually green parts extending from the base of a flower. Sepals look like small leaves, though in some plants they are colored like petals. As a group, they form the calyx, which surrounds and protects the flower bud. In some flowers, such as the poppies, the sepals fall off after the flower bud opens. See more at flower.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sepal - one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flowersepal - one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower
floral leaf - a modified leaf that is part of a flower
calyx - (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green
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sepal

[ˈsepəl] N → sépalo m
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sepal

n → Kelchblatt nt
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sepal

[ˈsɛpəl] n → sepalo
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It is familiar to almost every one, that in a flower the relative position of the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils, as well as their intimate structure, are intelligible on the view that they consist of metamorphosed leaves, arranged in a spire.
Why should the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils in any individual flower, though fitted for such widely different purposes, be all constructed on the same pattern?
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The children also planted sepals at the end of the program in connection with the planting campaign.
Celebration of Independence Day - Press Release issued by Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan
These variables were grouped into two categories: i) Flower traits: number of petals (mm, NP), length of petals (mm, LP), number of sepals (mm, NS), length of sepals (mm, LS), length of staminal column (mm, LSC) and length of the flower style (mm, LFS); and ii) Fruit size and shape traits: chroma (Chr), luminosity (LM), hue (FH), average fruit weight (g, WF), fruit diameter (mm, FD), fruit length (mm, FL), pericarp thickness (mm; PTk), locule number (LN) and fruit shape index (relationship diameter/length).
Social and environmental factors in the diversity of tomato landraces from the South-Central region of Mexico/Influencia de fatores sociais e ambientais na diversidade de variedades crioulas de tomateiro da regiao Centro-Sul do Mexico
1 + Pome without persistent sepals, rarely few persistent
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It has up to 15 pure white or pink-flushed tepals - a combination of petals and the flower shields or sepals.
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According to Conda, the calyx lobes (sepals) of the new subspecies are tongue-like and long, as compared to the broadly oval to oblong of theHoya melifluaBlanco.
Botanists discover new Hoya subspecies
The determination of the time of flower opening and closing was performed in periodic visits to the experimental field of Embrapa Agrobiologia, where the exact moments in which the anthesis and the closure of flowers were observed, and the flower was only considered totally open when petals and sepals were definitively positioned, ceasing the opening movement, presenting approximate angulation of 60[degrees] in relation to the base of the flower.
Floral biology and physicochemical characterization of wild passion fruit Passiflora setacea d.C BRS Perola do Cerrado cultivated in the state of Rio de Janeiro/ Biologia floral e caracterizacao fisico-quimica de frutos do maracujazeiro silvestre Passiflora setacea d.C cv. BRS Perola do Cerrado cultivado no estado do Rio de Janeiro
Conda explained that the calyx lobes (sepals) of the new subspecies are tongue-like and long, as compared to the broadly oval to oblong of the "Hoya meliflua Blanco ex Merr".
DOST botanists discover new subspecies of Hoya plant
According to her, the calyx lobes (sepals) of the new subspecies are tongue-like and long, as compared to the broadly oval to oblong of the Hoya meliflua Blanco ex Merr.
Botanists discover new Hoya subspecies
Its sepals are reddish-brown with a white margin, accompanied by a purple lip.
Singapore names reddish-brown, purple orchid after Dr M, wife
pulchella, the capsules are mostly superior and dehiscent above the sepals (Fig.
THE GENERIC AFFINITY OF C AIOPHORA PULCHELLA (LOASACEAE, LOASOIDEAE)

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