Adjacent Words

Petal definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PE'TAL, n. [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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored [syn: petal, flower petal]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin petalum, from Greek petalon; akin to Greek petannynai to spread out — more at fathom Date: circa 1726 one of the modified often brightly colored leaves of the corolla of a flower — see flower illustration • petaled or petalled adjective • petallike adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. each of the parts of the corolla of a flower. Derivatives: petaline adj. petalled adj. (also in comb.). petal-like adj. petaloid adj. Etymology: mod.L petalum, in LL metal plate f. Gk petalon leaf f. petalos outspread

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Petal Pet"al, n. [Gr. ? a leaf, a leaf or plate of metal, fr. ? outspread, broad, flat: cf. F. p['e]tale. 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. (Zo["o]l.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(petals) The petals of a flower are the thin coloured or white parts which together form the flower. ...bowls of dried rose petals. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

androecium, anther, blade, bract, bracteole, bractlet, calyx, carpel, corolla, corolla tube, corona, cotyledon, epicalyx, flag, floral leaf, foliole, frond, glume, gynoecium, involucre, involucrum, lamina, leaf, leaflet, lemma, ligule, megasporophyll, microsporophyll, needle, perianth, pile, pine needle, pistil, receptacle, seed leaf, sepal, spathe, spear, spire, stamen, stigma, stipula, stipule, style, torus