Noun: sepal
| Singular | sepal |
| Plural | sepals |
Sample Sentences
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When the sepals are distinct, or separate from each other, the calyx is said to be polysepalous. [1836, The Family Magazine, Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume III, Redfield & Lindsay, page 367:]
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The sepal and the petal are essentially leaf-like in form and anatomy but generally simpler in detailed structure than a foliage leaf. [2009, Shubhrata R. Mishra, Understanding Plant Reproduction, Discovery Publishing House, page 164:]
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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. [2017, Taylor A. Steeves, Vipen K. Sawhney, Essentials of Developmental Plant Anatomy, Oxford University Press, page 29:]
Nouns inflected like sepal
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French sépale, from New Latin sepalum. See: French Nouns '
sépale'.