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ˈpɛt lpetal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. petal, flower petalnoun

    part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

Wiktionary

  1. petalnoun

    one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower, when this consists of separate parts, that is it is not fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

  2. petalnoun

    Term of endearment.

  3. Etymology: From πέταλον.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. PETALnoun

    Petal is a term in botany, signifying those fine coloured leaves that compose the flowers of all plants: whence plants are distinguished into monopetalous, whose flower is one continued leaf; tripetalous, pentapetalous and polypetalous, when they consist of three, five or many leaves. John Quincy

    Etymology: petalum, Latin.

Wikipedia

  1. Petal

    Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the corolla. Petals are usually accompanied by another set of modified leaves called sepals, that collectively form the calyx and lie just beneath the corolla. The calyx and the corolla together make up the perianth, the non-reproductive portion of a flower. When the petals and sepals of a flower are difficult to distinguish, they are collectively called tepals. Examples of plants in which the term tepal is appropriate include genera such as Aloe and Tulipa. Conversely, genera such as Rosa and Phaseolus have well-distinguished sepals and petals. When the undifferentiated tepals resemble petals, they are referred to as "petaloid", as in petaloid monocots, orders of monocots with brightly colored tepals. Since they include Liliales, an alternative name is lilioid monocots. Although petals are usually the most conspicuous parts of animal-pollinated flowers, wind-pollinated species, such as the grasses, either have very small petals or lack them entirely (apetalous).

ChatGPT

  1. petal

    A petal is a part of a flowering plant, specifically one of the often brightly colored parts around the center of a flower. It forms a whorl within the flower that serves to attract pollinators, protect the reproductive parts of the flower, and are typically softer or more delicate than the rest of the plant. The collective term for all the petals of a flower is the corolla.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Petalnoun

    one of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower

  2. Petalnoun

    one of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini

  3. Etymology: [Gr. pe`talon a leaf, a leaf or plate of metal, fr. pe`talos outspread, broad, flat: cf. F. ptale. See Fathom.]

Wikidata

  1. Petal

    Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. Together, all of the petals of a flower are called a corolla. Petals are usually accompanied by another set of special leaves called sepals, that collectively form the calyx and lie just beneath the corolla. When the petals and sepals of a flower look similar they are called tepals. Examples of plants in which the term tepal is appropriate include genera such as Aloe and Tulipa. Conversely, genera such as Rosa and Phaseolus have well-distinguished sepals and petals.

Editors Contribution

  1. petal

    A piece of a flower.

    The petals were so beautiful and we do love to smell them.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020  

Anagrams for petal »

  1. leapt

  2. lepta

  3. Patel

  4. plate

  5. pleat

  6. tepal

  7. pelta

  8. palet

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of petal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of petal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of petal in a Sentence

  1. Laura Jaworski:

    Each peaceful breath is a petal opening on the bud of humanity, a bloom on the flower of life.

  2. Don Marquis:

    Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

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