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se⋅pal

  [see-puhl]
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–noun Botany.
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
Origin:
< NL sepalum (1790), irreg. coinage based on Gk sképē covering and L petalum petal

Related forms:
sepaled, sepalled, adjective
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se·pal   (sē'pəl)   
n.  One of the separate, usually green parts forming the calyx of a flower.

[New Latin sepalum, perhaps blend of Greek skepē, covering and Latin petalum, petal; see petal.]
se'paled, sep'a·lous (sěp'ə-ləs) adj.
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Word Origin & History

sepal 
"leaf of the calyx," 1821, from Fr. sépal, from Mod.L. sepalum (H.J. de Necker, 1790), coined from L. separatus "separate" + petalum "petal."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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