Meanings
adjectivesepaloid (comparative more sepaloid, superlative most sepaloid)
comparative more sepaloid · superlative most sepaloid
- biologyResembling a sepal.
nounsepaloid (plural sepaloids)
plural sepaloids
- A sepaloid structure in a flower.
The sepaloids and petaloids range in color from green to lavender to magenta .
2012, Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas Onshore LP (KMG), Greater Natural Buttes Draft Environmental Impact Statement, pages 3-841 more example
The outer sepaloids are triangular scale-like, thick, greenish or variously reddish-colored, and fleshy.
1997, Beat Ernst Leuenberger, Maihuenia: Monograph of a Patagonian Genus of Cactaceae, page 22
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adjectiveresembling or characteristic of a sepal
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