lepal

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, scale (of a fish); flake); compare French lépale.

Noun

lepal (plural lepals)

  1. (botany, obsolete) A sterile transformed stamen.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lepal in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams


Volapük

Etymology

le- (grand) + pal (parent)

Noun

lepal (plural lepals)

  1. grandparent

Declension

Hyponyms

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