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sepaloid

adj, noun — 2 senses

sepaloid

adj

Etymology From sepal + -oid.

1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Resembling a sepal.

Derived terms
sepalody

sepaloid

noun

Etymology From sepal + -oid.

1

A sepaloid structure in a flower.

  • The outer sepaloids are triangular scale-like, thick, greenish or variously reddish-colored, and fleshy.1997, Beat Ernst Leuenberger, Maihuenia: Monograph of a Patagonian Genus of Cactaceae, page 22:
  • The sepaloids and petaloids range in color from green to lavender to magenta .2012, Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas Onshore LP (KMG), Greater Natural Buttes Draft Environmental Impact Statement, pages 3-84:

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