Petal

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pet=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

Petal, n. [Gr. a leaf, a leaf or plate of metal, fr. outspread, broad, flat: cf. F. pétale. See Fathom.].

•  One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Petal, n. each of the parts of the corolla of a flower.

Derivative

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

THESAURUS

Petal

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