sepaloid

English

Etymology

From sepal +‎ -oid.

Adjective

sepaloid (comparative more sepaloid, superlative most sepaloid)

  1. (botany) Resembling a sepal.

Noun

sepaloid (plural sepaloids)

  1. A sepaloid structure in a flower.
    • 1997, Beat Ernst Leuenberger, Maihuenia: Monograph of a Patagonian Genus of Cactaceae, page 22:
      The outer sepaloids are triangular scale-like, thick, greenish or variously reddish-colored, and fleshy.
    • 2012, Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas Onshore LP (KMG), Greater Natural Buttes Draft Environmental Impact Statement, pages 3-84:
      The sepaloids and petaloids range in color from green to lavender to magenta .

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sépaloïde.

Adjective

sepaloid m or n (feminine singular sepaloidă, masculine plural sepaloizi, feminine and neuter plural sepaloide)

  1. sepaloid

Declension

Declension of sepaloid
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite sepaloid sepaloidă sepaloizi sepaloide
definite sepaloidul sepaloida sepaloizii sepaloidele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite sepaloid sepaloide sepaloizi sepaloide
definite sepaloidului sepaloidei sepaloizilor sepaloidelor
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