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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
- 1982, H. Q. Varekamp (translator and editor), Z. Botschantzeva, Tulips: Taxonomy, Morphology, cytology, phytogeography and physiology, page 27, In Tulipa the pubescent tips of the tepals are quite interesting in particular those of T. fosteriana. The top of the tepal is initiated and develops before the reflexed, lateral parts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plant part, plant structure
From French tépale, from New Latin tēpalum, coined 1827 by transposition of French pétale (“petal”).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
tepaal
— botany
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Finnish:
kehälehti
— botany
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French:
tépale
— botany
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German:
Blütenhüllblatt
— botany
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German:
Perigonblatt
— botany
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Japanese:
花被片
(kahihen)
— botany
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Portuguese:
tépala
— botany
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Spanish:
tépalo
— botany
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Vietnamese:
cánh đài
— botany
