Found 2 items, similar to Petal.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: petal
petal
n : part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored [syn:
flower petal]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Petal
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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a
rosette on the black of certain Echini.
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