sep‧al /ˈsep
əl $ ˈsiː-/
noun [countable] technical[
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Modern Latin;
Origin: sepalum, from sepa- (from Greek skepe 'covering') + -lum (as in petalum 'petal')]
one of the small leaves directly under a flower
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