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Webster 1913 Edition

Petal

Pet′al

(pĕt′al; 277)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
πέταλον
a leaf, a leaf or plate of metal, fr.
πέταλοσ
outspread, broad, flat: cf. F.
pétale
. See
Fathom
.]
1.
(Bot.)
One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See
Corolla
, and Illust. of
Flower
.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.

Webster 1828 Edition

Petal

PE'TAL

,
Noun.
[Gr. to expand; L. pateo.] In botany, a flower leaf. In flowers of one petal, the corol and petal are the same. In flowers of several petals, the corol is the whole,and the petals are the parts, or the petal is one of the leaves of which the whole corol is composed.

Definition 2024

pètal

pètal

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Catalan

Noun

pètal m ‎(plural pètals)

  1. petal

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