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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sepal /ˈsɛp(ə)l, ˈsiːp(ə)l/

▶noun Botany each of the parts of the calyx of a flower, enclosing the petals and typically green and leaf-like.

– origin C19: from Fr. sépale, mod. L. sepalum, from Gk skepē ‘covering’, influenced by Fr. pétale ‘petal’.

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