aposepalousadj.
/apəʊˈsɛpələs/ Botany.
Having free sepals.
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1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 471 If the leaves of the perianth-whorl are not coherent, but free, this is expressed by the terms..eleutherosepalous or aposepalous, and eleutheropetalous or apopetalous.
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