sepaloid, a. Bot.
(ˈsɛpəlɔɪd)
[ad. mod.L. sepaloid-eus, f. sepal-um: see sepal and -oid.]
Of the nature of or resembling a sepal.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 135 Sepaloid petals. 1872 Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 256 Observe..the sepaloid outer and petaloid inner perianth-leaves of Alisma. |