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pet·al

(pĕt′l)

One of the often brightly colored parts of a flower immediately surrounding the reproductive organs; a division of the corolla.

[New Latin petalum, from Greek petalon, leaf; see petə- in Indo-European roots.]

pet′aled, pet′alled adj.

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petal

(ˈpɛtəl)

(Botany) any of the separate parts of the corolla of a flower: often brightly coloured

[C18: from New Latin petalum, from Greek petalon leaf; related to petannunai to lie open]

ˈpetaline adj

ˈpetal-ˌlike adj

ˈpetalled adj

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pet•al

(ˈpɛt l)

n.

one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.

[1695–1705; < New Latin petalum; Latin: metal plate < Greek pétalon thin plate, leaf, n. use of neuter of pétalos spread out, akin to petannýnai to be open]

pet′aled, pet′alled, adj.

pet·al

(pĕt′l)

One of the often brightly colored parts of a flower surrounding the reproductive organs. Petals may be separate or joined at their bases. As a group, the petals are called the corolla. See more at flower.

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Noun

petal - part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

flower petal

floral leaf - a modified leaf that is part of a flower

corolla - (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the flower for its corolla"

Translations

بَتْلَه، تُوَيْجِيَّه

korunní plátek

kronblad

szirom

krónublaî

petalo

žiedlapis

ziedlapa

kronblad

pétala

okvetný lístok

cvetni list

taç yaprak

花瓣

petal

[ˈpetl] N → pétalo m

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petal

[ˈpɛt^əl] n → pétale mPE teacher n → professeur mf de sport

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

petal

n → Blütenblatt nt; settle petal! (Brit inf: = calm down) → beruhige dich, jetzt komm mal runter (inf)

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petal

[ˈpɛtl] n → petalo

petal

(ˈpetl) noun

one of the usually brightly coloured leaf-like parts of a flower. This rose has yellow petals edged with pink.

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And on the top-most spray of the Rose-tree there blossomed a marvellous rose, petal following petal, as song followed song.

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Petal by petal, fall On that stretch of mud and sand that lies

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Then she brought him water in a petal, which he drank, after which he related to her how he had torn one of his wings on a bramble, so that he could not fly as fast as the other swallows, who had flown far away to warmer lands.

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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.

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No more charming face, clear-cut like an antique gem, and delicate in colouring like the petal of a flower, had ever been set on, alas!

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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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The end was to come while the rainbow still sparkled on her wine of life, ere a single petal had fallen from her rose of joy.

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"As I was painting the bright petals of a blue bell, it told me this tale."

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'If only her petals curled up a little more, she'd be all right.'

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Undoing the silver clasps, he opened the volume, and took from among its black-letter pages a rose, or what was once a rose, though now the green leaves and crimson petals had assumed one brownish hue, and the ancient flower seemed ready to crumble to dust in the doctor's hands.

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Homologous parts, as has been remarked by some authors, tend to cohere; this is often seen in monstrous plants; and nothing is more common than the union of homologous parts in normal structures, as the union of the petals of the corolla into a tube.

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I was tempted to gather their fresh petals, ornamented with delicate tentacles, some just blown, the others budding, while a small fish, swimming swiftly, touched them slightly, like flights of birds.