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nounone of the green parts that form the calyx of a flowertype of:part of:
Definition that contains sepal
- falls the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
- flag plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- iris plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- mariposa any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
- calyx (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green
- greenhood any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood
- clematis viorna scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
- sepaloid resembling or characteristic of a sepal
- sword lily plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- trillium family small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae