sepal
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By mutating genes that control polyploidy in the mustardlike plant Arabidopsis thaliana, she and her team discovered that if the sepal had too few polyploid cells, it was stiff and upright and blooming was impeded.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 23, 2023
Goethe recognized that all the parts of a flower, from pistil to sepal, are modified leaves.
From Nature • Aug. 5, 2019
In Pelargonium the flower is zygomorphic with a spurred posterior sepal and the petals differing in size or shape.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
White or palest rose of sepal and petal, the latter marked with purplish lines at the base.
From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick
The great dorsal sepal is white above, tender green in two shades below, with strong green lines ascending from the base.
From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
