sépalo

See also: sepalo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsepalo/ [ˈse.pa.lo]
• Rhymes: -epalo
• Syllabification: sé‧pa‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin sepalum, a portmanteau coined in 1790 from sēparātus (“separate”) and petalum (“petal”).

Noun

sépalo m (plural sépalos)

1. (botany) sepal

Etymology 2

Verb

sépalo

1. third-person singular imperative of saber combined with lo

Further reading

• “sépalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014