: one of the modified leaves comprising a calyx see flower illustration
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Fine, white powdery substance on the upper leaf surfaces of the youngest leaves, shoots, buds and sepals, which also sometimes include twisted and distorted leaves and flowers and reddening of foliage.
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Here, the sepals of the deep pink flowers are steeped with soul-warming spices and sugar to make a heady, floral beverage.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 14 Feb. 2024
The sepals and all those fancy Latin words that tell you what’s what.
—Stephen Orr, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2023
Flowers are built from parts named sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels, which are arranged in whorls.
—Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023
The sepals, which are pink, petal-like extensions of the flower, look like wings while the lip (or labellum) mimics the body of a bee.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2020
The flowers endure because the petals are in fact thick structures called sepals.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020
The mullet dress, cast in a print of pink roses and green sepals, highlighted her signature glow, which was further accentuated by a matching minaudière by Tyler Ellis and heels by .
—Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Jan. 2020
But the sterile flowers each bear four large, showy, white sepals making an individual flower from 1/2-inch to 1-inch across.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2018
Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Here, the sepals of the deep pink flowers are steeped with soul-warming spices and sugar to make a heady, floral beverage.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 14 Feb. 2024
The sepals and all those fancy Latin words that tell you what’s what.
—Stephen Orr, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2023
Flowers are built from parts named sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels, which are arranged in whorls.
—Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023
The sepals, which are pink, petal-like extensions of the flower, look like wings while the lip (or labellum) mimics the body of a bee.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2020
The flowers endure because the petals are in fact thick structures called sepals.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020
The mullet dress, cast in a print of pink roses and green sepals, highlighted her signature glow, which was further accentuated by a matching minaudière by Tyler Ellis and heels by .
—Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Jan. 2020
But the sterile flowers each bear four large, showy, white sepals making an individual flower from 1/2-inch to 1-inch across.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2018
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sepal
noun
se·pal
ˈsēp-əl 
ˈsep-
: one of the specialized leaves that form the calyx of a flower
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