sepal
Plural: sepals
Noun
- One of the leaflike parts enclosing the petals of a flower.
- one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower
- One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.
Examples
- Playing ’SEPAL’ allowed him to hook onto an existing word and build outwards.
Origin / Etymology
From French sépale, from New Latin sepalum.
Scrabble Score: 7
sepal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsepal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sepal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
sepal: valid Words With Friends Word