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Definitions of sepal in various dictionaries:
noun - one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower
One of the separate, usually green parts forming the calyx of a flower.
adj - one of the individual leaves of a calyx [n -S] : SEPALED, SEPALINE, SEPALLED, SEPALOID, SEPALOUS
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Flower part |
| Calyx part |
| It connects to the stem |
| Petunia part |
| Leaf of the calyx of a flower |
| Floral leaf |
| Flower component |
| Calyx leaf |
| Certain leaf |
| Calyx segment |
| Sepal description |
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| A sepal ( or ) is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom. The term sepalum was coined by Noël Martin Joseph de Necker in 1790, and derived from the Greek (skepi), a covering.Collectively the sepals are called the calyx (plural calyces), the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower. The word calyx was adopted from the Latin calyx, not to be confused with calix, a cup or goblet. Calyx derived from the Greek (kalyx), a bud, a calyx, a husk or wrapping, (cf Sanskrit kalika, a bud) while calix derived from the Greek (kylix), a cup or goblet, and the words have been used interchangeably in botanical Latin.After flowering, most plants have no more use for the calyx which withers or becomes vestigial. Some plants retain a thorny calyx, either dried or live, as protection for the fruit or seeds. Examples include species of Acaena, some of the Sol |