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Triseralous :: Triseralous (a.) Having three sepals, or calyx leaves..

Monomerous :: Monomerous (a.) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil..

Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon..

Sepalous :: Sepalous (a.) Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal..

Epigynous :: Epigynous (a.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk..

Syntactic :: Synsepalous (a.) Having united sepals; gamosepalous.

Sepaled :: Sepaled (a.) Having one or more sepals.

Orchidaceous :: Orchidaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred spec

Sepaline :: Sepaline (a.) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals..

Gamosepalous :: Gamosepalous (a.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.

Phyllous :: Phyllous (a.) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs..

Grain :: Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4..

Lamina :: Lamina (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower..

Fuchsia :: Fuchsia (n.) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation..

Oligosepalous :: Oligosepalous (a.) Having few sepals.

Oppositisepalous :: Oppositisepalous (a.) Placed in front of a sepal.

Tetrasepalous :: Tetrasepalous (a.) Having four sepals.

Valvate :: Valvate (a.) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation..

Sepaloid :: Sepaloid (a.) Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx..

Sepal :: Sepal (n.) A leaf or division of the calyx.

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