tepal

Hellebore flowers normally have no true petals: the apparent petals are sepals or "tepals"

Meaning

Noun

  • Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals.

Origin

  • French tépale, from pétale, by transposition, from tepalum.

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