different between tepal vs petal

English

Etymology

French tépale, from pétale (“petal”), by transposition.

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?p'(?)l, IPA^(key): /?t?p(?)l/, /?ti?p(?)l/

Noun

tepal (plural tepals)

1. (botany) 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.
   • 1982, H. Q. Varekamp (translator and editor), Z. Botschantzeva, Tulips: Taxonomy, Morphology, cytology, phytogeography and physiology, page 27,

     In Tulipa the pubescent tips of the tepals are quite interesting in particular those of T. fosteriana. The top of the tepal is initiated and develops before the reflexed, lateral parts.

   • 2001, Barbara W. Ellis, Taylor's Guide to Bulbs, page 400,

     The species bears creamy white flowers with a yellow base and tepals often streaked with rose-pink.

   • 2013, Margarita V. Remizowa, Dmitry D. Sokoloff, Paula J. Rudall, 8: Patterns of bract reduction in racemose inflorescences of early-divergent monocots, Paul Wilkin, Simon J. Mayo (editors), Early Events in Monocot Evolution, page 194,

     In our material of T. bulbosa, the abaxial outer tepal was larger at its inception than the lateral ones (Fig 8.4C), whereas the primordia of the outer tepals are of nearly equal size in both T. barrelieri (Fig 8.5E) and T. palustris (not shown).

Related terms

• petal
• sepal

Translations

See also

• calyx
• corolla
• tepal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• tepal on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• -petal, Patel, Plate, leapt, lepta, palet, pelta, petal, plate, platé, pleat

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (pétalon), from ??????? (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth?- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pand? and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?tl?/
• Rhymes: -?t(?)l
• Homophones: peddle, pedal (in accents with flapping)
• Hyphenation: pet?al

Noun

petal (plural petals)

1. (botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
2. Term of endearment.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• sepal
• tepal

Verb

petal (third-person singular simple present petals, present participle petaling, simple past and past participle petaled)

1. To spread out from, like the petals of a flower

Anagrams

• Patel, Plate, leapt, lepta, palet, pelta, plate, platé, pleat, tepal