Definitions for petaled

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pet•alˈpɛt l(n.)

  1. one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.

    Category: Botany

Origin of petal:

1695–1705; < NL petalum; L: metal plate < Gk pétalon thin plate, leaf, n. use of neut. of pétalos spread out, akin to petannýnai to be open

pet′aled(adj.)

pet′alled(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. petalous, petaled, petalled(adj)

    (of flowers) having petals

Wiktionary

  1. petaled(Adjective)

    Having or with petals.

    The petaled rim of the sunflower glowed in the morning sunlight.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Petaled(adj)

    having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled, etc


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