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Definition of Petal

1. Noun. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored.

Definition of Petal

1. n. One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower.

Definition of Petal

1. Noun. (botany) 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. ¹

2. Noun. Term of endearment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Petal

1. a leaflike part of a corolla [n -S] : PETALED, PETALLED [adj]

Medical Definition of Petal

1. 1. A member of the inner whorl of non-fertile parts surrounding the fertile organs of a flower, usually soft and coloured conspicuously. 2. Seeking; movement toward the part indicated by the main portion of the word. Origin: L. Peto, to seek, strive for (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petal

Literary usage of Petal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Corinthian Hellenistic Pottery by G. Roger Edwards (1975)
"The Corinthian pieces have been catalogued below, for purposes of report, as unclassified Figured Bowls. BOWL DECORATED WITH ROUNDED petal ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The cuticle of the petal of a Pelargonium, when viewed with a \ or ... A petal often consists of two portions—the lower narrow, resembling the petiole of n ..."

3. The Microscope: And Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1856)
"The different portions of the petal,—when it has been dried after stripping it of its Fio. 188. cuticle, immersed for an hour or two in oil of turpentine, ..."

4. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1856)
"Second prizes were awarded to Conspicuum, upper petal a black blotch, shaded off to lilac-rose, lower rose with a black spot, good truss and form; ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"lvs. large and petioled: fls. bright lilac, or pale purple or white; sepals 1 in. long, obtuse; limb of petal half as long, often white in the lilac-fld. ..."

6. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"Now SLEEPS THE CRIMSON petal Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk; Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry ..."

7. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"They can be seen very well if a cross-section of the lower petal is taken near the ... The cuticle of the hair shows furrow of th"Tower'petal of slight ..."

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