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sepaloid

[see-puh-loid, sep-uh-]

adjective

resembling a sepal.

Also, sep·al·ine

[sep-uh-lahyn, -lin, see-puh-] .

Origin:
1820–30; < Neo-Latin sepaloideus. See sepal, -oid

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sepaloid or sepaline (ˈsiːpəˌlɔɪd)

—*adj*
	(esp of petals) resembling a sepal in structure and function

sepaline or sepaline

—*adj*

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