SEPAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sepal mean? 

• SEPAL (noun)
  The noun SEPAL has 1 sense:

1. one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower

  Familiarity information: SEPAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEPAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sepal" is a kind of...):

floral leaf (a modified leaf that is part of a flower)

Holonyms ("sepal" is a part of...):

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)

 Context examples 

The outermost part of the flower, usually green and formed of several divisions (sepals) that protect the bud.

(Calyx, Food and Drug Administration)

The regular flowers have five short, subequal, entire, imbricate, basally connate sepals, and five persistent-withering yellow petals.

(Hypericum perforatum, NCI Thesaurus)

The reproductive structure of a tree or other plant, consisting of at least one pistil or stamen, and often including petals and sepals.

(Flower, Food and Drug Administration)