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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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sepalsep‧al /ˈsepəl $ ˈsiː-/ noun [countable] technical HBPone of the small leaves directly under a flowerOrigin sepal (1800-1900) Modern Latin sepalum, from sepa- (from Greek skepe “covering”) + -lum (as in petalum “petal”)
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