Tepal

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tepal \Tep"al\, n. [F. t['e]pale, fr. p['e]tale, by
     transposition.] (Bot.)
     A division of a perianth. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  tepal
       n : an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be
           distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lillies and
           tulips)