sepal

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By mutating genes that control polyploidy in the mustardlike plant Arabidopsis thaliana, she and her team discovered that if the sepal had too few polyploid cells, it was stiff and upright and blooming was impeded.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 23, 2023

Goethe recognized that all the parts of a flower, from pistil to sepal, are modified leaves.

From Nature • Aug. 5, 2019

In Pelargonium the flower is zygomorphic with a spurred posterior sepal and the petals differing in size or shape.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

The upper sepal is frequently the showiest feature in the flower; the lower sepals are joined and arranged behind the lip, whilst the petals extend on each side and vary much in form.

From Orchids by O'Brien, James

Caudata.—Upper sepal light yellow dotted with red; lower purplish rose, marbled with white.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick