sepal
noun (a sepal, sepals)
Everyday
(science) A sepal is one of the small, usually green, leaf-like parts under the petals of a flower that protect the bud before it opens. tree →
In the lessons
In science lessons on plants: labelling a flower's parts — petal, sepal, stamen, stigma. Phrases: «petals and sepals».
Examples
- The sepals protect the flower bud. tree →
- Label the petals and sepals on the diagram. tree →
- A rose has five green sepals. tree →
- When the bud opens, the sepals fold back. tree →
- Count the sepals: there are 5. tree →
Note
Science word. Do not mix up with «petal» (the coloured parts). All the sepals together are called the calyx.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «sepal» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «sepal» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sepal/