Definition of Tepal

1. Noun. An undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips).

Generic synonyms: Plant Part, Plant Structure

Definition of Tepal

1. n. A division of a perianth.

Definition of Tepal

1. Noun. (botany) One of the component parts of the perianth, the outermost whorls of flower parts, especially when the perianth is not divided into two whorls of unequal appearance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tepal

1. a division of a perianth [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tepal

1. A perianth segment in a flower in which all the perianth segments are similar in appearance. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tepal

tenuretrack
tenurial
tenurially
tenuring
tenuti
tenuto
tenutos
tenzon
tenzons
teocalli
teocallis
teopan
teopans
teosinte
teosintes
tepal (current term)
tepals
tepary bean
tepas
tepe
tepee
tepeelike
tepees
tepefaction
tepefied
tepefies
tepefy
tepefying
tephra
tephramancy

Literary usage of Tepal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"... although at first sight they would be placed in Class I:2 tepal, ruler, king. tepal-h-en, 1 ruled, 1 was a ruler, (also tepal-n-ah-en possible). ol mal, ..."

2. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1900)
"The Maya verb tepal = to govern or reign, or to be " one who mediates," appears to be allied to the above Náhuatl words and it is not unlikely that the ..."

3. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations: A Comparative by Zelia Nuttall (1901)
"The Maya verb tepal = to govern or reign, or to be " one who mediates," appears to be allied to the above Náhuatl words and it is not unlikely that the ..."

4. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations: A Comparative by Zelia Nuttall (1901)
"The Maya verb tepal = to govern or reign, or to be " one who mediates," appears to be allied to the above Nahuatl words and it is not unlikely that the ..."

5. American Medical Journal (1884)
"... ordinary or related dialects means lord, ruler, chief, king, grand, majestic. In his "Maza Chronicles," Dr. Brinton makes tepal mean to rule, govern. ..."

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