-sepalous

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a combining form meaning “having sepals” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: polysepalous.

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Origin of -sepalous

see origin at sepal, -ous

Words nearby -sepalous

Seoul, SEP, SEPA, sepal, sepaloid, -sepalous, separable, separate, separate but equal, separately, separates

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British Dictionary definitions for -sepalous

-sepalous

adj combining form

having sepals of a specified type or numberpolysepalous

Derived forms of -sepalous

-sepaly, n combining form

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