Dictionary entry

Sepal

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛp(ə)l/

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛp(ə)l/

Myanmar Meaning

ပွင့်ပပ်။

Definition

sepal /'sepl/ n ( botany ) ပြင့္ပပ္။

Examples

  1. ‘The cocoa flower has five free sepals
  2. five free petals
  3. five staminodes
  4. five stamens and an ovary of five united carpels.’
  5. ‘The formation of organs in the four whorls of a typical eudicotyledonous flower
  6. consisting of sepals
  7. petals
  8. stamens
  9. and carpels
  10. requires many genes for proper organ and tissue development.’
  11. ‘Fruits of this species are glabrous achenes
  12. with sepals modified into plumose bristles and are frequently wind-dispersed.’
  13. ‘Roots
  14. stems
  15. leaves
  16. sepals
  17. stigmas/styles
  18. ovaries
  19. and seeds were collected and frozen in liquid nitrogen.’
  20. ‘This
  21. in turn was surrounded by several whorls of bracts that many homologize with petals and sepals in flowering plants.’