| 释义 |
ˈlepal Bot.
[f. Gr. λεπίς scale, after petal, sepal.]
A barren stamen transformed into a scale.
1835Lindley Introd. Bot. (1839) 181 Dunal calls these sterile stamens lepals (lepala); a term which has not yet been adopted. 1880in Gray Struct. Bot. 418/2. |