sepalum

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Latin

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Etymology

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Modern Latin; coined by Belgian physician and botanist Noël Martin Joseph de Necker in 1790 as a blend of sēparātus (separate) +‎ petalum (petal).

Noun

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sēpalum n (genitive sēpalī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) sepal

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative sēpalum sēpala
genitive sēpalī sēpalōrum
dative sēpalō sēpalīs
accusative sēpalum sēpala
ablative sēpalō sēpalīs
vocative sēpalum sēpala

Descendants

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  • French: sépale
    • English: sepal
  • Portuguese: sépala