"tepal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛp(ə)l/, /ˈtiːp(ə)l/ Audio: En-us-tepal.oga , En-us-tepal2.oga Forms: tepals [plural]
enPR: tĕp'(ə)l Rhymes: -ɛpəl, -iːpəl Etymology: French tépale, from New Latin tēpalum, coined 1827 by transposition of French pétale (“petal”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|tépale}} French tépale, {{der|en|NL.|tēpalum}} New Latin tēpalum, {{der|en|fr|pétale||petal}} French pétale (“petal”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tepal (plural tepals)
  1. (botany) Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals. Categories (topical): Botany Related terms: petal, sepal, calyx, corolla Translations (botany): tepaal [masculine] (Dutch), kehälehti (Finnish), tépale [masculine] (French), Blütenhüllblatt [neuter] (German), Perigonblatt [neuter] (German), 花被片 (kahihen) (alt: かひへん) (Japanese), tépala [feminine] (Portuguese), tépalo [masculine] (Spanish), cánh đài (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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