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-sepalous

a combining form meaning “having sepals” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: polysepalous.

Origin:
see sepal, -ous
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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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