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polysepalous

American  
[pol-ee-sep-uh-luhs] / ˌpɒl iˈsɛp ə ləs /

adjective

Botany.
  1. having a calyx of separate or unconnected sepals.


polysepalous British  
/ ˌpɒlɪˈsɛpələs /

adjective

  1. (of flowers) having distinct separate sepals Compare gamosepalous

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Etymology

Origin of polysepalous

First recorded in 1820–30; poly- + -sepalous

Example Sentences

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It is more common among polysepalous and polypetalous plants than in those in which the sepals or petals are united together.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

The normal coloration of the calyx occurs most frequently in polysepalous calyces; teratological coloration, on the other hand, occurs especially in gamosepalous flowers.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

When this change happens in the calyx we have the gamosepalous condition replaced by the polysepalous one, as thus represented: .............

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Funnelform corolla of a common Morning Glory, detached from its polysepalous calyx.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

In a polysepalous calyx the number of the parts is indicated by Greek numerals prefixed; thus, a calyx which has three sepals is trisepalous; one with five sepals is pentasepalous.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various