sepal
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛp(ə)l/, /ˈsiːp(ə)l/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːpəl
Noun
sepal (plural sepals)
- (botany) One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.
- 1836, The Family Magazine, Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume III, Redfield & Lindsay, page 367,
- When the sepals are distinct, or separate from each other, the calyx is said to be polysepalous.
- 2009, Shubhrata R. Mishra, Understanding Plant Reproduction, Discovery Publishing House, page 164:
- The sepal and the petal are essentially leaf-like in form and anatomy but generally simpler in detailed structure than a foliage leaf.
- 2017, Taylor A. Steeves, Vipen K. Sawhney, Essentials of Developmental Plant Anatomy, Oxford University Press, page 29:
- In tomato, for example, the first sepal primordium is formed as an outgrowth at the periphery of the apex and the subsequent sepal primordia are initiated in a helical fashion at an angle of approximately 137° from the previous one.
- 1836, The Family Magazine, Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume III, Redfield & Lindsay, page 367,
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part of calyx
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