Etymology

chorisepalous

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Today it means: Having separate, unconnected sepals; polysepalous. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χωρίς
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχωρίς“separately”
  2. English todaychorisepalous

From Ancient Greek χωρίς (khōrís, “separately”) + sepalous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχωρίς all →

choripetalous

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