sepal
noun/ˈsepl/
/ˈsiːpl/
(specialist)- a part of a flower, like a leaf, that lies under and supports the petals (= the thin coloured parts that make up the head of the flower). Each flower has a ring of sepals called a calyx.Topics Plants and treesc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French sépale, modern Latin sepalum, from Greek skepē ‘covering’, influenced by French pétale ‘petal’.
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