Having or consisting of six sepals, the leaf-like parts that protect a flower's petals.
From Greek 'hexa-' (six) and botanical Latin 'sepalous' (having sepals, from 'sepal'). Botanical terminology standardized in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Botanists use these precise '-sepalous' terms to identify and classify flowers—knowing a flower has exactly six sepals rather than five can tell you which plant family it belongs to!
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.