sepal
A division of a calyx; one of the outermost circles of modified leaves surrounding the reproductive organs.
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Sepals: These form the calyx and are the green petal like covering of the flowerbud before it opens.
Set: The small onions or potatoes used for planting to produce a crop.
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A part of a flower. These are the outer covering of the immature flower that protect the flower bud before it opens.
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Sepals: These plant parts enclose flower petals and are usually green. They're especially noticeable in roses. (Some flowers, like hydrangeas, have modified sepals that look like petals.)
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sepal -- The outermost structures of a flower. More info?
shoot -- Usually, the above ground portion of a plant, bearing the leaves. Contrast with root.
Sepal - Found in angiosperms. A whorl of adapted leaves that protects the flower bud before opening.
Semi-double flower - A type of flower which has double the normal amount of petals arranged in two-three rows of petals.
sepal. One of the outermost flower structures which usually enclose the other flower parts in the bud.
sequential sampling. A sampling method in which the number of samples is not fixed in advance.
Sepal The divided part of a calyx or outer whorl of a flower.
Septum A portion of a fruit.
Setaceous Bristle-like, very narrow; resembling or having a bristle.
sepal An appendage at a flower's base, typically green or greenish and more or less leafy in appearance. Collectively, the calyx.
separation The process of removing new bulbs or corms from their parent for the purpose of propagation.
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A leaf-like segment of a calyx and in some cases its sometimes called petals. Sepal can be pronounced SEE-pul or SEP-pul with a short "e". Both ways are considered correct.
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5. Sepals as a group are known:
a. For their singing ability.
b. As the corolla.
c. As the calyx.
Sepals, which make up the lowermost and outermost whorls on a floral shoot, are leaf-like in appearance and often green. Sepals cover and protect the other flower parts when the flower is a bud.
SEPALS: Structures that usually form the outermost whorl of a flower. Together, they are called the calyx.
SEMI-EVERGREEN: Those shrubs that will keep some of their green foliage usually in mild climates.
SERRATE: Saw-edged leaf design.
SEPAL - One of the divisions of the calyx.
SERRATE - Saw-edged leaf design.
SESSILE - A stalkless leaf or flower which is borne directly on the stem.
'Blue Wave'. Sepals have wavy edges. Blue in acid soils, pink or lilac in more neutral soils.
A term used when sepals and petals are indistinguishable from one another, because they are similar in size, shape and colour.
Terete
Cylindrical or circular in cross section, but occasionally tapering.
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(L. caducus, falling, from cadere, to fall) said of a plant part, such as a sepal, petal, or leaf, that falls off quickly or early.callus search for term- n.
The showy part of the flower is made up of sepals, some of which have a satin-like sheen and some a bar of colour down the centre. All have a dramatic boss of stamens in the middle. After flowering they form beautiful seed heads.
Sepal One of the outermost series of flower parts, arranged in a ring outside the petals, and usually green and leaflike. Setting The development of seeds or fruit after pollination. Setting out Transplanting a seedling into the open garden.
Hypogynous (hi-poj'i-nus) - sepals, petals, and stamens are attached to a convex or conical receptacle at the base of the ovary. Sepals are arranged in the outermost or lowest layer, followed by petals and stamens, with carpels or ovary innermost.
calyx Outer whorl of floral envelopes, composed of sepals. campanulate Bell-shaped, cup-shaped. capsule Seed pod. cilia Small hairs, often present on leaf margins.
Fruit infection, of which sepal infection is the most common form, can occur early in the season. These infections result in blossom-end rot later in the season. Early fruit infection usually appears at the calyx end of the fruit.
As the name suggests, the petal-like upper sepals of a monkshood flower form a large, erect, helmet-shaped hood, which conceals two long spurs with huge nectaries at the end reachable only by long-tongued bumblebees.
Anemone flowers have no true petals, but their sepals assume the role of petals, as showy as any true corolla. The unique A.
As the name suggests, the petal-like sepals of each monkshood blossom form a hood-like cover concealing two long spurs with huge nectar-filled nectaries at the end. These nectar loads can only be reached by the long tongues of bumblebees.
The outter whorl of the flower, composed by the sepals, which usually have a protective function.
She inserts her ovipositor (the saws) through the sepal. The insertion and withdrawal of the ovipositor often leaves a brownish discoloration on the sepal or receptacle, which helps in detecting infested blossoms. The egg is about 0.
While most flowers have green sepals, the sepals on the columbine are colorful, looking much like a second layer of petals.
Bird of paradise, with its bright orange sepals and blue petals, is one of the flowers most associated with Hawaii and the tropics. Bird of paradise is often incorporated into arrangements, where it provides stunning color and texture.
Calyx
Collective name for all the sepals of a flower, the modified leaves which surround and protect flower buds.
Canker
Dead cells on the branches or trunk of a woody plant - tree or shrub.
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Flower heads have two kinds of florets Sterile, or ray florets, are male and form the large, colorful sepals on the outside of the flower head. The fertile florets bear the male and female parts and are usually found in the center of the cluster.
Water-loving irises are beautiful, easy-to-grow plants. Their exquisite flowers comprise falls (three lower sepals), standards (three upper petals), style arms (modified pistils) and signals (contrasting colour patches on the falls).
From August to September, it is covered in fragrant clusters of white flowers which give way to cherry-red sepals as the seeds mature. Attractive peeling bark adds to its ornamental appeal through all four seasons.
Tepal- Perianth parts undifferentiated into distinct sepals and petals.
Terpene- Any of various isometric hydrocarbons found especially in essential oils (as from conifers), resins, and balsams.
COMPLETE FLOWERS
Complete flowers contain both the male and female parts (stamen and pistil) as well as sepals and petals.
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'Crimson Star' grows 2 feet tall with medium-green mounds of foliage and erect, branching flower stems bearing blooms with red sepals and creamy spurred petals.
The missionaries believed (or professed) that several parts of the plant, including the petals, rays, and sepals, symbolized features of the crucifixion of Christ.
One dry berry, angled, up to 1 inch in diameter forms at the end of a stalk in the middle of 3 green sepals. The berry rolls off plant easily when pinched or pushed. Seeds inside are reddish brown and are surrounded by a sticky caruncle.
The spring-blooming flowers feature white petals and sky blue sepals. Rocky Mountain columbine prefers rich soils but can tolerate other soil conditions. This Colorado native plant is commonly used in naturalized areas, cottage gardens and borders.
The pointed petals are laid out like those of a bachelor's button, and each 1 in (2.5 cm) flower has a green many-pointed topknot like a jester's hat that accents the center. Below the petals is an Elizabethan-collar of green sepals.
 See also: Flower, Plant, Petal, Spring, Foliage
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