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sepal

  • /ˈsɛp(ə)l/
  • /ˈsiːp(ə)l/

Rhymes with -iːpəl

Where it comes from

From French sépale, from New Latin sepalum.

noun sepals

  1. One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure. When the sepals are distinct, or separate from each other, the calyx is said to be polysepalous.

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noun part of calyx

Españolsépalo
日本語萼片 gakuhen
Portuguêssépala
Françaissépale
DeutschKelchblatt, Sepalum
Italianosepalo
Ελληνικάσέπαλο sépalo
Românăsepală
Русскийчашели́стик čašelístik
العربيةسَبَلَة sabala, كَأْسِيَّة kaʔsiyya

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@misc{sepal_2026,
  title = {sepal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sepal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}