PETAL


Meaning of PETAL in English

■ noun each of the segments of the corolla of a flower.

Derivatives

~ine adjective

-~led adjective

~-like adjective

~oid adjective

Origin

C18: from mod. L. ~um (in late L. 'metal plate'), from Gk ~on 'leaf', neut. (used asnoun) of ~os 'outspread'.

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