Dictionary entry
Sepal
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛp(ə)l/
Pronunciation
/ˈsɛp(ə)l/
Myanmar Meaning
ပွင့်ပပ်။
Definition
sepal /'sepl/ n ( botany ) ပြင့္ပပ္။
Examples
- ‘The cocoa flower has five free sepals
- five free petals
- five staminodes
- five stamens and an ovary of five united carpels.’
- ‘The formation of organs in the four whorls of a typical eudicotyledonous flower
- consisting of sepals
- petals
- stamens
- and carpels
- requires many genes for proper organ and tissue development.’
- ‘Fruits of this species are glabrous achenes
- with sepals modified into plumose bristles and are frequently wind-dispersed.’
- ‘Roots
- stems
- leaves
- sepals
- stigmas/styles
- ovaries
- and seeds were collected and frozen in liquid nitrogen.’
- ‘This
- in turn was surrounded by several whorls of bracts that many homologize with petals and sepals in flowering plants.’