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petal [ˈpɛtəl] n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of the separate parts of the corolla of a flower: often brightly coloured [from New Latin petalum, from Greek petalon leaf; related to petannunai to lie open] petaline adj petal-like adj petalled adj
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Translations petal n → Blütenblatt nt; settle petal! (Brit inf: = calm down) → beruhige dich, jetzt komm mal runter (inf) n petal [ˈpetl] one of the usually brightly coloured leaf-like parts of a flower This rose has yellow petals edged with pink. blomblaar بَتْلَه، تُوَيْجِيَّه венчелистче korunní plátek kronblad das Blütenblatt πέταλο pétalo kroonleht گلبرگ terälehti pétale עָלֶה-כּוֹתֶרֶת पंखुडी़ latica szirom(levél) daun bunga krónublað petalo 花びら 꽃잎 žiedlapis ziedlapa kelopak bunga bloemblad kronblad płatek pétala petală лепесток okvetný lístok cvetni list latica kronblad กลีบดอกไม้ taç yaprak 花瓣 пелюстка پنکھڑي cánh hoa 花瓣 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Selfish, indeed, were he who would envy you one petal of that wonderful rose--Rosa Mundi--God has given you to gather. And on the top-most spray of the Rose-tree there blossomed a marvellous rose, petal following petal, as song followed song. He learned that suffering and freedom have their limits and that those limits are very near together; that the person in a bed of roses with one crumpled petal suffered as keenly as he now, sleeping on the bare damp earth with one side growing chilled while the other was warming; and that when he had put on tight dancing shoes he had suffered just as he did now when he walked with bare feet that were covered with sores- his footgear having long since fallen to pieces. |
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