SEPAL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sepal" is a kind of...):

floral leaf (a modified leaf that is part of a flower)

Holonyms ("sepal" is a part of...):

calyx ((botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green)

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