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sepal
[ see-puhl ]
noun
- one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
sepal
/ ˈsÉ›±èÉ™±ô; ˈsÉ›±èÉ™±ôÉ™s /
noun
- any of the separate parts of the calyx of a flower
sepal
/ ²õŧ′±èÉ™±ô /
- One of the usually separate, green parts that surround and protect the flower bud and extend from the base of a flower after it has opened. Sepals tend to occur in the same number as the petals and to be centered over the petal divisions. In some species sepals are colored like petals, and they can even be indistinguishable from petals, as in the lilies (in what are called tepals). In some groups, such as the poppies, the sepals fall off after the flower bud opens.
- See more at flower
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ±ð±è²¹±ô±ô±ð»å, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ±ðp²¹±ô±ð»å ²õ±ðp²¹±ô±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sepal1
Example Sentences
True hellebore flowers are relatively insignificant compared to the sturdy petallike sepals that protect the central reproductive parts of the bloom.
Plant biologists have long known that sepals, the modified leaves that surround a developing flower, contain some of these giant cells.
The Lenten rose is most prized for flowering early in the year, as early as February, and the blooms last for weeks because the outer “petals†are durable structures called sepals.
The flowers endure because the petals are in fact thick structures called sepals.
Goethe recognized that all the parts of a flower, from pistil to sepal, are modified leaves.
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