tepal

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tepal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

tepal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tepal
      n 1: an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be
           distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and
           tulips)